Magnetic recording system

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AN AUTOMATIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CHANGING A PLURALITY OF RECORDINGS IN THE FORM OF RECORD SIGNALS OF DIFFERENT TIME DURATIONS IN MULTIPLE RECORED PLAYBACK DEVICES SUCH AS COIN OPERATED SELECTION RECORD PLAYERS OR THE LIKE WHICH ARE SITUATED AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS APART FROM EACH OTHER, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION WITH SAID PLAYBACK DEVICES, A MASTER STATION ADAPTED WITH SIGNAL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING AND EFFECTING SAID RECORDINGS, SAID MASTER STATION INCLUDING MEANS FOR TANDEMLY GENERATING IN A PREDETERMINED ORDER A SERIES OF RECORD SIGNALS AND CONTROL SIGNALS, IN PREDETERMINED TIME RELATION TO THE GENERATION OF A PLURALITY OF SAID RECORD SIGNALS, SAID CONTROL SIGNALS ADAPTED TO EFFECT THE CONTROL OF A TRANSCRIBING CYCLE WHICH INCLUDES THE RECORDING OF MULTIPLE OF SAID RECORD SIGNALS ONTO PREDETERMINED RECORDING AREAS OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEANS IN EACH OF SAID RECORD PLAYBACK DEVICES AFTER THE ERASURE OF PRIOR SIGNALS THEREFROM, EACH OF SAID RECORD PLAYBACK DEVICES HAVING A TRANSDUCING INCLUDING MAGNETIC ERASURE, REPRODUCTION AND RECORDING MEANS PROVIDED ON A MOUNT, A SERVO MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MOUNT RELATIVE TO SAID MAGNETIC RECORDING MEANS AND STOPPABLE UNDER AUTOMATIC CONTROL ADJACENT A SELECTED MAGNETIC RECORDING AREA THEREOF FOR TRANSDUCING RELATIVE THERETO, EACH OF SAID RECORD PLAYBACK DEVICES HAVING TRANSCRIBING CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST CONTROL RELAY RESPONSIVE TO A FIRST OF SAID CONTROL SIGNALS WHICH HAS CHARACTERISTICS OTHER THAN SAID RECORD SIGNALS AND IS ADAPTED FOR TRANSMISSION FROM SAID MASTER STATION TO AN INPUT TO SAID FIRST RELAY PRIOR TO THE TRANSMISSION OF A FIRST OF SAID RECORDINGS FROM SAID MASTER STATION, SAID FIRST RELAY WHEN ACTUATED BY SAID FIRST CONTROL SIGNAL ADAPTED TO ACTUATE AN AUTOMATIC SEQUENTIAL CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID SERVO MEANS DRIVING SAID TRANSDUCING UNIT TO A POSITION ADJACENT A FIRST OF SAID RECORDING AREAS OF SAID MAGNETIC RECORDING MEANS, SAID SEQUENTIAL CONTROL ADAPTED THEREAFTER FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE RECORDING MEANS OF SAID TRANSDUCING UNIT WITH