autolocatorn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˈloʊˌkeɪdər/, /ˌɔdəˈloʊˌkeɪdər/, /ˌɑdoʊˈloʊˌkeɪdər/, /ˌɑdəˈloʊˌkeɪdər/ Sound Recording.
A device or facility on a sound-recording console or mixing desk which automatically locates a required position on a tape.
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1971 Jrnl. Audio Engin. Soc. 19 437 The Auto-Locator can count on a four digit display the tape position from a ‘local’ zero and will perform cybernetic, velocity-controlled return to ‘local’ zero.
1986 Melody Maker 19 Apr. 48/3 (advt.) 2″ MT24-HS 24 track with autolocator.
1994 TCI (Nexis) Dec. 113 It features a programmable autolocator with 105 memory locations.
2004 E. Morse Spacemen 3 & Birth of Spiritualized v. 108 Paul purchased a 16-track recorder with autolocator and timecode sync.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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