22 Apr
2008
22 Apr
'08
12:51 a.m.
So I'm looking at a Teac reel to reel deck going for $25. It comes
with 6 tapes, which judging from the prices on ebay is a pretty good
deal. What I'm wondering is if anyone can tell me about the kind of
life I'd be getting out of these tapes. I don't plan to record too
much (I'm not in a band or anything) but my friends and I would
probably be making recordings from time to time and I expect that I
would eventually want to reuse some of the tapes; how many times can
you usually write to these before you start seeing a noticeable
degrading in sound quality?
John
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2:16 a.m.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
John Floren wrote:
Recording analog audio, not data, which is what the Kansas City
standard seems to be. Although it *could* be cool to store some
programs on there...
John
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What I'm wondering is if anyone can tell me
about the kind of
life I'd be getting out of these tapes.
Recording using the Kansas City standard?
3:24 a.m.
On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 23:16 -0700, John Floren wrote:
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Eric Smith <eric
at brouhaha.com> wrote:
Probably more a discussion for Roy's Tech Chat list ;-)
Gordon
John Floren wrote:
Recording analog audio, not data, which is what the Kansas City
standard seems to be. Although it *could* be cool to store some
programs on there... What I'm wondering is if anyone can tell me
about the kind of
life I'd be getting out of these tapes.
Recording using the Kansas City standard?
10:02 a.m.
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Gordon JC Pearce <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 23:16 -0700, John Floren wrote:
Maybe, but it's a classic technology and I figured it wouldn't be the
most inappropriate topic that's been posted here ;)
John
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Eric Smith
<eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
Probably more a discussion for Roy's Tech Chat list ;-)
Gordon
John Floren wrote:
Recording analog audio, not data, which is what the Kansas City
standard seems to be. Although it *could* be cool to store some
programs on there... What I'm wondering is if anyone can tell me
about the kind of
life I'd be getting out of these tapes.
Recording using the Kansas City standard?
3:49 a.m.
At 9:51 PM -0700 4/21/08, John Floren wrote:
So I'm looking at a Teac reel to reel deck going
for $25. It comes
with 6 tapes, which judging from the prices on ebay is a pretty good
deal. What I'm wondering is if anyone can tell me about the kind of
life I'd be getting out of these tapes. I don't plan to record too
much (I'm not in a band or anything) but my friends and I would
probably be making recordings from time to time and I expect that I
would eventually want to reuse some of the tapes; how many times can
you usually write to these before you start seeing a noticeable
degrading in sound quality?
I've no idea, but if anyone has any links to good sites with
preservation tips, or info on restoring the machines I'd be
interested. The Library received a donation of 2 or 3 units
(different makes), and boxes of tapes. One of these days I need to
start work on restoring them. Of course first I need to sort out all
the magnetic media (data and audio) that came with that donation.
Zane
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