NEWS IN BRIEF  A DEMONSTRATION and exhibition ' of the complete range of Garrard audio equipment was held at the Queen's Hotel, Manchester, on November 2. Present were Mr, Wailc. of Simon Equipment Ltd., demonstrating the Minstrelle and Cymbal tape recorders, and Mr. Smith, Trix Electrical Company Ltd.. demonstrating the Trixette Comet recorder. Both these instruments incorporate the Garrard magazine loading tape deck. AN illustrated talk entitled " Magnetic Recording and the Home Cinema." will be given by Desmond Roe, B.Sc.. to the British Sound Recording Association on December 16, at 7.15 p.m., at the Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street, London, W.C.2. Particular attention will be paid to the problems of making and projecting 8 mm films with sound. Inquiries should be addressed to the Hon. Secretary. The B.S.R.A., 40, Fairfield Way, Ewell, Surrey.

At least six recorders use the Garrard Magazine loading deck (see panel). Among these are the Simon Minstrelle costing £40 19s. 6d., and Cymbal (£25 4s.); Trixette Comet, £36 15s.; Volmar Vega, £35 14s.; Murphy TR1, £29 18s. 6d.; and the E.A.R. G375, £26 5s. This last machine, we understand, may shortly be superseded by a four-track version at a provisional price of 28 gns.

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