Stevejohnson6 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Have no idea what this is. Came with an atari ac. Some sort of video audio editor. Has a mic input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 cool piece of hardware ... I'd say the Atari power brick just happens to work for the device .... no nameplate on the bottom or back ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevejohnson6 Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 I think youre right. No nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Cade Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 It's an old video switcher/wiper. If it was with an Atari, they may have used the Atari for the CG (Text overlays) and this for wipes. It's how we edited video before the computer age... Or at least in the early computer age. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevejohnson6 Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Thanks R Cade. Do you think its worth anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Cade Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Not sure I've every heard of someone that collects early video editing or live-switching hardware. I'm sure there is someone... I would probably try to eBay it. You'll probably want to hook some video to it and a composite output monitor and see if it works, first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 It's very cool. I used to have something similar in the late 80's when my friends and I used to make home movies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevejohnson6 Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Ok thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Galaga Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 What kind of connections does it have on it? I think that one of the Atari computers had a video switcher interface. Probably to compete with the Amiga. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimefighter Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 How do you know this was made by Atari? Yes it is a video editing device before we had software like Pinnacle Studio & Final Cut Pro to do all the fancy editing. You would be running two input video sources (VCRs or cameras) and outputting to one video device where you would be bouncing back and forth between your two video sources. It's live editing. And probably a bit more difficult cause you'd have to be on your toes doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevejohnson6 Posted December 25, 2016 Author Share Posted December 25, 2016 It has audio video inputs black burst rf modulator mic input headphones input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayDay Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 R.Cade is right, it's an old video mixer. It's pretty easy to tell, as most of the buttons on the front have to do with settings for video wipes. I've seen a lot of mixers, but I'm not familiar with this particular model. I'm guessing it has two video inputs? Most likely would have been used in an old A/B tape editing system. My guess is that it would have also had a titler that worked in conjunction with it. The use is so limited I would guess it has little to no value, unless it would be as a collectible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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