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What is your digital archiving strategy for long term preservation? CDRW DVDRW EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FLASH DRIVE MAGNETIC TAPE NONE OF THE ABOVE Will wav files still be around 300 years from now?

Has anybody here used Shamrock tape? Don't laugh I know it's not the greatest. This stuff is really bogging down my tape machines in the FF and RW modes. I believe this phenomenon is called "stiction" and I need to be careful with these recordings since they were made in the 1970's. I have heard...

I have made several recordings of late and exported them to wav 24/44100 with the dithering set to triangle. Can someone tell me what this means? I was wondering if I need to re-do the recordings now with the dithering set to "none". The other dithering options are: rectangle, triangle, shaped...

I just started making open reel transfers to digital files for archiving using my Akai GX-4000D. I clean and demag the heads regularly. The playback sounds great on this machine but I was still wondering if everthing is aligned properly and if I should get it serviced. Should I check and...

........and so it was just the other day I walked into my recording studio and grabbed my cup of coffee, hit the record button and then put my headphones on to monitor the progress. Lo and behold what did I see but a big fat sound wave right in the middle of the track display which occured just...

I have open reel tapes recorded at 1 7/8 ips, 3 3/4 ips, 7 1/2 ips and 15 ips. When I play them some of the tapes sound fast and some sound slow when I play them on my Akai GX-4000 D ( I like my Akai! ). The tapes recorded at 3 3/4 ips sound just fine. Some of the others play too fast. Does...

Is this a silly question to be asking? Should I be using 'mono' or 'stereo' for voice recordings and why?

What is the most effective way to reduce tape noise on a wav file with a voice recording without distorting the audio sound? I am trying to make professional sounding cds from reel-to-reel and cassette tape recordings. I am using Audacity for sound editing and I have been trying to use the...

I am making basic audio recordings thru a Audiophile 24/96 soundcard which I will be editing and adding music clips at the beginning and end of the recording. What is the difference between Ableton Live Lite 4.0 vs Audacity for audio editing and recording. Pros and cons? Thanks!

On the back of the chassis of my TubePRE there are two signal inputs, one XLR for the mic and one 1/4" for a instrument. When I hook up my mic to the 1/4" instrument input I get a strong signal; When I hook up my mic thru the (XLR) mic input I am getting a very very weak signal. What's going on...

Just got a preamp for my mic and wow what a difference? Problem is I can still here a low buzzing sound in the background when I bring the levels up to where I like them and I don't really know how to get rid of it. Any ideas? Will a good condensor mic help with this?

Just got my first tube preamp and oh what a difference! Now that I got the power does anybody know how I can get rid of that low buzzzzing noise in the background? I'm sure nobody else has this problem right? :) Yes I have tried adjusting all the levels and stuff. Is it my soundblaster card or...

Does anybody have any advise on how to edit voice recordings like say removing words or sentences from within a talk recorded thru Audigy 2 on a wav file. What software or program should I use for this? Also I need to remove background hissing noise from my tape transfers to digital while...

Does anybody have any advise on what mic is best for audio voice thru Audigy 2 SZ. I am recording lectures. I am using a radio shack dynamic mic and I am not happy with the sound quality and I have to turn the volumn/input all the way up resulting in a hissing noise in the background. Using...

When I record a wav file thru Audigy 2 for over an hour, all of a sudden the recording stops and I get a message saying "There is not enough disk space". I have 200GB free space. I record the wav file at 96 khz and 24 bit. Do I need to bring the khz level down? Will that sacrifice quality? Is...