| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | |
| Posted by: | Tony Wood | |
| Date/Time: | 06/06/09 13:58:00 |
| Anne The problem with old tapes is that they tend to shed their coating,it's basically rust glued to a plastic backing. Way back in time some manufacturers didn't get the formulation of the binder (glue) right,at that time they had no experience of tapes ageing as it was still in it's infancy. What to do depends on where they've been stored,a cold damp attic,not packed in poly bags being the worst scenario. All you can do realistically is to slowly bring them up to a warm room temperature,then put them on a machine at its slowest speed and do a wind from end to end then rewind to the start,and go for a transfer to CD assuming it's the right tape. Professionals have a low temperature oven were they slow bake tapes,but even that isn't always a success. On the bright side,if your tapes have been kept in a warm cosy sideboard then they'll probably be fine. Try to do the transfer with the absolute minimum of winds/rewinds and you'll be fine. Finally if you find a tape that you know you don't want, then used that to do several high speed winds/rewinds to loosen up the machine and also get it's arthritic brakes working smoothly again,it's much better to snap a duff tape than a good'n. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Reel to reel tape players | 03/06/09 16:36:00 | Anne Rowe |
| Re:Reel to reel tape players | 03/06/09 23:28:00 | Keith Welham |
| Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | 04/06/09 00:41:00 | David Archer |
| Re:Reel to reel tape players | 04/06/09 00:43:00 | David Archer |
| Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | 04/06/09 02:16:00 | Alan Brainsby |
| Re:Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | 04/06/09 18:27:00 | Tony Wood |
| Re:Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | 05/06/09 11:41:00 | Anne Rowe |
| Re:Reel to reel tape players | 04/06/09 20:53:00 | David Archer |
| Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | 05/06/09 19:46:00 | Piero Vitelli |
| Re:Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | 06/06/09 00:18:00 | Anne Rowe |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | 06/06/09 09:23:00 | Piero Vitelli |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | 06/06/09 13:58:00 | Tony Wood |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reel to reel tape players | 07/06/09 14:53:00 | Anne Rowe |