WantToTransfer
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I have a box of reels that belond to my parents. The reels are 7" in diameter and 1/4" thick. The reels are in excellent shape, having been stored indoors for years. However, the tape player they had, a Sony Stereo Center 230, is an unusable mess.
I need to get another reel player because I want to transfer these in an assembly line fashion. In other words, connect it to the line-in on the computer, capture with Adobe Audition or Audacity, start a reel playing, walk away, come back in 90 minutes (or whatever) to change reels, etc.
1. Can someone recommend a good and preferably inexpensive reel player for this task?
2. I'm ignorant of the technology. Are reels "double sided" in any way, like a cassette? In other words, once I play them in one direction, can I reverse the reels and play a different recording on the other side of the tape? I'm guessing it's either this, or if you put the reel on backwards it just plays in reverse.
I need to get another reel player because I want to transfer these in an assembly line fashion. In other words, connect it to the line-in on the computer, capture with Adobe Audition or Audacity, start a reel playing, walk away, come back in 90 minutes (or whatever) to change reels, etc.
1. Can someone recommend a good and preferably inexpensive reel player for this task?
2. I'm ignorant of the technology. Are reels "double sided" in any way, like a cassette? In other words, once I play them in one direction, can I reverse the reels and play a different recording on the other side of the tape? I'm guessing it's either this, or if you put the reel on backwards it just plays in reverse.