transfer to wave

[jmorris]

I have (2 )1/2" analog 8 track tapes I need transfered to wave files. Anyone interested.If so please let me know a price.
Thanks!
Jim

[krhall]

Heh you dont need someone to do it for you.

All you need to do is connect the line out from your tape recorder to your line input on your computer sound card then use Goldwave to record the output.

Bearing in mind if you save these recordings as wave files they might be huge depending on the recording time. Also if you want high quality recordings, i recomend 2 recording formats.

MP3 - 320Khz 16bit Dual Channel Stereo

or

OGG Vorbis


Hope this info helps

Keith

P.S all my machines are quarter inch.

[jpmorris]

Originally Posted by krhall

Heh you dont need someone to do it for you.
All you need to do is connect the line out from your tape recorder to your line input on your computer sound card then use Goldwave to record the output.

At the risk of sounding brash, he's trying to transfer 8 tracks, not a stereo pair. For that he'd need an 8-channel sound card to do the job right. You also need software that can record 8 channels simultaneously, which last I checked, Goldwave didn't. Reaper does, though, but in any case, he didn't say he actually had the machine - he may well just have the tapes.

Bearing in mind if you save these recordings as wave files they might be huge depending on the recording time.

This is especially true for multitracks. I've actually been doing this kind of transfer myself, and each tape has come out around 4.7 gigabytes.

Also if you want high quality recordings, i recomend 2 recording formats.
MP3 - 320Khz 16bit Dual Channel Stereo
OGG Vorbis

Not a good idea, to be honest. When I did mine, I used 8 channels of 24/96 in raw WAV format. While Ogg is capable of supporting up to 256 channels, I have had numerous problems with its compression scheme, and also with MP3 as well.
Particularly if you're using joint stereo, you can have serious imaging problems - feeding MP3s or OGG files though a stereo imaging processor can make it completely disintegrate into horrible compression artifacts.
Ogg and MP3 are okay as listening formats, but definitely not archival quality.

Unless the tapes have gone sticky, I could probably do the transfer, but since he's probably not in the UK I'd be a little reluctant on account of the shipping logistics

[krhall]

ok thanks


I use Goldwave for all my sound effect reordings.

In my line of work i have never had the need of a multitrack recorder.

Just wondering, would it be possible to record 1 track at a time or do they need to be in syncronisation with the other 7 tracks ?

Keith

[jpmorris]

Originally Posted by krhall

ok thanks
Just wondering, would it be possible to record 1 track at a time or do they need to be in syncronisation with the other 7 tracks ?

You can in theory record it as 4 stereo pairs, but the machine will never play the tape at exactly the same speed every time so the tracks will gradually drift out of sync. It can be done that way by tweaking them in the workstation afterwards, but it's generally a much better idea do them all in a single pass.

[FALKEN]

ther are plenty of people who advertise this in tape-op.

[Hi_Flyer]

hey I could do this!! as long as the tapes weren't recorded with noise reduction... I could even bake them if they are sticky shed.

Maybe I could make a few bucks doing this on the side. What's a fair price? $20/hour? or should I charge per tape? Where could I advertise for a service like this??

Otari MX5050-8 -> Mackie Onyx 1620 mixer

I can do the transfer at 24-bit depth, up to 96KHz sample rate

[jmorris]

Originally Posted by FALKEN

ther are plenty of people who advertise this in tape-op.

Yeah but I'd like to keep it in the "family"

[jmorris]

Originally Posted by Hi_Flyer

hey I could do this!! as long as the tapes weren't recorded with noise reduction... I could even bake them if they are sticky shed.

Maybe I could make a few bucks doing this on the side. What's a fair price? $20/hour? or should I charge per tape? Where could I advertise for a service like this??

Otari MX5050-8 -> Mackie Onyx 1620 mixer

I can do the transfer at 24-bit depth, up to 96KHz sample rate

I think 20 bucks an hour is very fair. No noise reduction. I would like them run without any eq. also. That may go without saying. I'll mix them in Sonar 5 but what ever wave file should be fine.I cant remember exactly what is on the tape, the box may say but even just long wave files of each track off each tape should be fine so you dont have to determine song seperation but even that may not be a big deal for you.
Jim
Jim

[Hi_Flyer]

I could definitely help you out man. what kind of tape? my deck is set up for 456 or equivalent. I presume they are 15 IPS tapes?

I use Reaper, but the wave files could be easily imported into any DAW software since they would all be exactly equal in length.

EQ section in the Mackie Onyx mixer is post FW send so transferring with no EQ is not a problem.

we can carry on via PM if you are interested.

If any other board members need 1/2" tapes transferred, just drop me a line!