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Re: Magnetic tape playback

Subject: Re: Magnetic tape playback
From: "Steve Pelikan" <>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:19:19 -0400
Dan (and others):

When you wrote

> When I
> transfer a cassette in my studio, I always set the azimuth for best
> reproduction of the individual cassette. I often have to re-set it
> for the other side of the cassette. This is difficult for a consumer
> to do, especially since you need to be able to re-set the machine for
> standard azimuth before using the machine for recording.

you make me hope that you (or others) could tell interested but uniformed
recordists how to do this sort of thing. Or where to find out how to do it.
Or at least more about what it really means.

As a related question, I always try to digitize cassette recordings shortly
after making them, using the same machine for playback that I used for
recording.
My thought has been that all the "magical parameters" that only experts
understand and can adjust (eg azimuth etc.) will thus differ as little as
possible between recording and playback. My hope is that the overall qualit=
y
of the reproduction will be highest that way. Is this a reasonable
expectation or just silly on my part?

Thanks,

Steve Pelikan




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