[access-uk] Re: Converting tapes to digital?

Hi Ray.

No wonder I have been disappointed with my cassette to computer 
reproductions.  What you just said is way over my head mate, hahaha.  I 
simply would not bother, but rather, download the album from Winmx in stead. 
I did not realise that you could tweak the cassette like this to improve the 
signal.  fortunately,  I don't have many cassette recordings that need 
copied in this fashion.

Incidentally the other list has gone as far as I am concerned.  I got a 
message saying that me messages were bouncing and since then, I've not had a 
single message from the Blind Audio List.  This is a pity as we could do 
with such a list here in the uk.

Best wishes.

Andy



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Converting tapes to digital?


> Andy, I wasn't going to comment, but if it is high quality cassette to
> digital transfers you want,then you have to go to some trouble.
>
> First off you need a cassette deck where the playback headcan be
> adjusted for azimuth easily.  Some of the Nakamichi decks had this
> facility, but then again, some decks allowed of fairly easy cranking
> of the head via use of a small, preferably non-magnetic, screw driver.
> Another area is adjustment of treble level to get Dolby tracking
> right, which can certainly help curemuffly recordings - along with
> azymuth adjustment.
>
> With a lot of stereo recordings though phase/asymuth adjustment can be
> corrected in software and there are one or two not too exspensive
> packages that'l do this, but how accessible they'd be is another
> question.
>
> All this is rather a council of perfection really, and its not for
> nothing - in the literal sense too - that some people offer
> professional cassette to digital transfer.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> From Ray
> I can be contacted off-list at:
> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf
> Of Andy Logue
>
>
> Hi Andy.
>
> No mate.  I've always ended up disappointed with cassette to computer
> transfers.  The end result always sounds muffled.  It may be that I'm
> used
> now to CD quality and just cannot stand cassette.  I'm afraid that any
> recording of cassette or lp will need to been real time and via
> line-in
> which makes it a time consuming process and the quality is almost
> always
> disappointing.  I suppose you'd be better using something like WINMX
> to
> search and download the album in question.  This may prove quicker but
> the
> quality will be the same.
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Andy.
>
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