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stevieb
Just another guy, really.
Interesting that the recording attached to the Voyager spacecraft was essentially a very Long Playing record.
Voyager Golden Record - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interesting that the recording attached to the Voyager spacecraft was essentially a very Long Playing record.
Voyager Golden Record - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
lonewhitefly
Active member
right! when you're talking about long-term preservation, the simpler the technology to play the recording, the longer it will likely last. digital is very complex compared to analog. digital is also totally abstract and esoteric and tape and vinyl are straightforward.
i was thinking the other day ... a lot of smaller bands are now releasing digital-only recordings. you won't find old copies sitting around in thrift stores 20-30 years from now to be discovered and collected by future generations.
i have a box full of cassettes that i've recorded little demos, snippets of conversations, parties, rehearsals, shows, etc on. i've always used a handheld tape recorder. if i had used a digital recorder and dumped them into a computer, they would probably be forgotten about and discarded over the years. the other day i put one on and it was really cool to hear the stuff i totally forgot about.
i guess what i'm getting at is a lot of things that we may consider throwaway stuff today may be valuable in the future. analog has a way of kind of sticking around because of its physical nature.
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Muckelroy
Member
Yep, they exist. I think ATR and JRF magnetics still make the heads.
Head relapping
And the great thing about nearly any analog machine is that no matter how old or dilapidated the machine is, with enough time, equipment, patience and skill, it can be completely rebuilt from the ground up, especially the older fully-mechanical ones. Of course this isn't true with all machines, but if one can fine sufficient schematics documentation and has the correct equipment to machine parts, anything is possible. Hell, look at Cory's (Sweetbeats) work on this forum, and that's proof enough!
kidkage
Bored of Canada
Thought this was a good place to post this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8tSJN566mg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8tSJN566mg
Audiophallic
New member
Maybe people will finally start to wake up. I have commercial 1/4-track stereo tapes from the '60's that sound just as good today as they did then. I'll bet that none of them have had any kind of special storage...probably just been sitting on someone's shelf for years. That's where mine are.
I'll admit feeling somewhat amused reading that. However, some of my favorite albums of the '90's and '00's are almost assuredly digital recordings. Would I care if the Backstreet Boys lost all their masters? Hell no, but I would care if Dream Theater did...
A friend of mine has been recording an album (digitally) off and on for the last year or so, and once he's done, I told him I was going to record it right off the comp onto my tape deck.
Hell, cd's aren't going to last much longer either. Another 10 years or so and a lot of 'em are gonna start bubbling up, etc. What's really gonna suck is when I have to start archiving my 900+ cd's onto tape....that'll take a while!
Thank God for geeks!
I'll admit feeling somewhat amused reading that. However, some of my favorite albums of the '90's and '00's are almost assuredly digital recordings. Would I care if the Backstreet Boys lost all their masters? Hell no, but I would care if Dream Theater did...
A friend of mine has been recording an album (digitally) off and on for the last year or so, and once he's done, I told him I was going to record it right off the comp onto my tape deck.
Hell, cd's aren't going to last much longer either. Another 10 years or so and a lot of 'em are gonna start bubbling up, etc. What's really gonna suck is when I have to start archiving my 900+ cd's onto tape....that'll take a while!
Thank God for geeks!