Actually fill up a whole reel of tape in one session? Because the way I work (apart from painfully slowly) is to concentrate on one song at a time. Which means that at the moment I'm about 10 minutes into a reel of 457 (one song finished, one frustratingly close).
This leads me to another question. Which is: if one has only used 10 minutes of an 1800 foot reel (which is about 40 minutes at 7.5 IPS) is there any point in storing tape tails out. Given that one has to play the tape for another thirty minutes to reach the end, thus wearing out the heads for very little return?
This leads me to another question. Which is: if one has only used 10 minutes of an 1800 foot reel (which is about 40 minutes at 7.5 IPS) is there any point in storing tape tails out. Given that one has to play the tape for another thirty minutes to reach the end, thus wearing out the heads for very little return?