ido1957
9K Gold Member
I pulled out an old cassette and finally converted the contents to digital. Not bad for almost 30 years ago....Tape is in good shape for it's age...here's a sample... board mix so I have no way of remixing...
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RockinRobby
Banned
You can remix it,,, you can re-record it... HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
ido1957
9K Gold Member
I'll never play or record any of these tunes again. Just thought I'd share the fact that after 30 years the cassette actually works!
rayc
retroreprobate
That's in great shape for cassette/board/live.
There's only a little hiss and, as usual, that basically disappears when there's enough signal.
An insight into your history Ido!
There's only a little hiss and, as usual, that basically disappears when there's enough signal.
An insight into your history Ido!
ido1957
9K Gold Member
I'm on vacation and I've converted 3 cassettes so far out of a dozen or more. It takes a while and brings back some memories of the band - and the work involved staying current in a top 40 band. Something to listen to on my drive to work....
rayc
retroreprobate
Ido,
Are you just archiving or restoring as well? If needed I have some experience restoring cassettes.
Are you just archiving or restoring as well? If needed I have some experience restoring cassettes.
ido1957
9K Gold Member
I'm just converting to digital. I'm playing the cassettes through my Tascam tape deck into my U42S then into Sonar as a stereo file. So far so good. I'm just wondering how long the cassettes would last - so I'm keeping the tapes and player for the future anyway.
queepy
aka Variaxman
Hey that was pretty good...was waiting for the big spewing guitar solo at the end tho!
ido1957
9K Gold Member
Yeah - band leader did the arrangements which did not entail long guitar breaks ...
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gbav
Active member
That was a lot of fun to hear. Very cool you managed to hold on to all this stuff, I manage to lose stuff the day after I record it. The system I use to name files is probably part of the problem. When scanning what songs I had "NewSong" and a completely random number was probably a bad way of going about it. Again, super fun listen. The 80's was a magical time.
Take care
Gary
Take care
Gary
rayc
retroreprobate
I have tapes from about '73 that still play well. They weren't good quality tapes at the time either. Tthe rule of thumb is to wind them forward & back annually so that they don't stick & to discourage print through, store vertically and cool dry etc.
Keeping the players in good nick is just a little harder but as the tapes age more frequqnt head cleaning is a good move - non abrasive.
I've been slowly adding old tapes to the digital archive & then CD as I get the chance. Funny though that the tapes are coming on for 40 years old yet I find myself wondering about the future of CDs & various file formats. The widespread sales of repairable electrical gear like tape players & turntables seems to be partly the reason tape & vinyl survive and go through revivals (well in vinyl's case anyway.). I can't see an iPud being repaired 30 years from now.
Keeping the players in good nick is just a little harder but as the tapes age more frequqnt head cleaning is a good move - non abrasive.
I've been slowly adding old tapes to the digital archive & then CD as I get the chance. Funny though that the tapes are coming on for 40 years old yet I find myself wondering about the future of CDs & various file formats. The widespread sales of repairable electrical gear like tape players & turntables seems to be partly the reason tape & vinyl survive and go through revivals (well in vinyl's case anyway.). I can't see an iPud being repaired 30 years from now.