[ale] HOW2 burn reel2reel tapes to CDs ?

[Jeff Hubbs]

Courtney -

Have a read through http://www.dansdata.com/tbeach.htm.

Jeff

Courtney Thomas wrote:

>Jeff,
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
>I have a TEAC X-300 and have audacity installed on a Debian box.
>
>I'd very much like to hear what kind of audio card would be desirable 
>for this, assuming it might be gotten off Ebay.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Courtney
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>Jeff Hubbs wrote:
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>>Yes; I've done hours' worth and still have more to do!
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>>First thing you need, of course, is an R2R deck.  It's good to know 
>>ahead of time if the tapes you're dealing with (I assume this is 1/4" 
>>tape) are half-track (i.e., two channels across the whole width of the 
>>tape) or quarter-track (i.e., two channels on one "side" of the tape and 
>>two more on the other "side") because that will determine what kind of 
>>deck you need.  You will probably not find a deck that has heads to play 
>>back both, however, a quarter-track deck will properly play back a 
>>half-track tape (not vice-versa unless the quarter-track tape is 
>>recorded only on one side, in which case it will work but at roughly 6dB 
>>worse S/N). 
>>
>>I should tell you that it is difficult to find an R2R deck in good 
>>working order.  I had my Teac (consumer Tascam) deck from c. 1982 
>>serviced last Spring and it works very well, but almost any deck you'd 
>>buy used today almost certainly needs attending to.  Many are likely 
>>unserviceable.
>>
>>Consumer decks typically run at 3-3/4 in/s and 7-1/2 in/s; some 
>>portables that only take 3" or 5" reels went down to 1-7/8 in/s.  Pro 
>>decks run at 15 and 30 in/s.
>>
>>Different tapes of different ages shed oxide at different rates.  I've 
>>had 40-year-old tapes hold up better than 10-year-old tapes.  You may 
>>have to stop mid-reel for cleaning.
>>
>>Depending on the quality of the recording, you may want to interpose a 
>>compressor/limiter between the deck and the computer. 
>>
>>You really should get a more serious audio input than your motherboard's 
>>mic/line-in jack.  Used to be, you'd get an esoteric sound card, but 
>>these days, audio I/O seems to be being moved outside the machine to a 
>>Firewire or USB device. 
>>
>>Lastly, you'll need editing and burning software.  Audactity appears to 
>>be the app-of-choice in Linux-land;  I do my tape ripping in WinME 
>>because my high-end ISA-bus sound card will likely never have a Linux 
>>driver.
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>>Courtney Thomas wrote:
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>>>Anyone successfully done this ?
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>>>How, please ?
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>>>Thank you.
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