I joined the BBC some 34 years ago and up to that time I had only come acro=
ss 'domestic' audio equipment and like many thought red =3D right.
I was quite suprised to see that the stereo PPMs used in the BBC had red=3D=
left and green=3Dright, while the MS meter was white=3Dmono and yellow=3Ddi=
fference.
It is still the same today with the domestic audio equipment still red=3Dri=
ght, while at work its the other way around can get confusing at times.
Phil
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From: John Lundsten <>
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Sent: Wednesday, 26 September, 2007 6:20:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: What is the best mic cable for nature =
recordings
I've not come across any AES or other official standard but I recall in the=
mid 1960's using a made up word to remember this stuff.
RULY
Red, Upper, Left, Yellow
the upper was vis a vis stereo on a 2 chan, 2 track 1/4" recorder BTW
Yellow was at that time the most common colour for Left (or a single mono
i/o) on Equipment of Japanese origin. Of course this changed a few years
later and now (but not 100% consistently) seems to be Yellow for composite=
Video, Red for right & white for left. This is as viewed from the UK BTW
when it had significant consumer & pro electronics industries. It didn't
seem surprising a few years later to see the Swiss made Stereo Nagra use
the port/starboard codes too.
John Lundsten
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