[TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List!

  • From: Tyler <programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:16:33 -0400

Well, then you are our type! Thanks for finding out about us, however you did.
Tyler Z
On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:55:28 +0000, Alex HORTON wrote:



>I have heard of Niel Rogers.  I still get talking books on cassette from 
>Christian  Record Services out of Lincoln, Nebraska and Books Aloud out of 
>California.  I also still use my HandiCassette II.  Alex  > From: 
>programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:04:08 -0400 > To: 
>tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC:  > Subject: [TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List! > 
> 
>> I am part of a radio tribute group for Neil Rogers. He was a radio talk show 
>host in  > Miami, Florida from 1976 to 2009. He started out doing just 
>straight 
>talk, but by the late  > 1980s he started playing comedy bits. Well, one of 
>the 
>group members sent me some tapes, and I  > hooked up a sampler, and I 
>converted 
>the tapes to mp3 and sent the files to the group. And yes,  > this is a brand 
>new mailing list. It started out in September 2012 (very, very, very inactive) 
>with  > Looper's Delight members, which, since 1996, live looping artists have 
>been communicating on.  > Well, I saw there were no tape mailing lists, so I 
>set one up, and got a few loopers to sign  > up. I then remembered the blind 
>people like myself; the tape version of Talking Books is still around, and 
>there are  > probably some HandiCassette users left. So I advertised it in 
>those places as well. > Tyler Z > On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:14:13 +0000, Alex 
>HORTON wrote: >  >  >  > >I think I used Ampex machines when I took radio 
>broadcasting in college. I love  > >that kerchunk sound as well. I don't 
>currently work with open-reel tape but I  > >would like to. My buddy has a 
>whole bunch of recordings of albums that aired on  > >CHUM-fm and WBUF and we 
>would both like to find a machine to play them on. >  > >From: 
>howard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject:  > 
>>[TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List! > Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:01:49 
>>-0500 
> > >> > Hi all, > > I guess I must be new here cuz I think this is a new list, 
> > >> >  
>> >huh? > > I've never had the chance to run one of those ampex 350's or other 
>> > 
>> >pro machines, but I've had a few ampex home machines in my day. They were 
>sure  > >built nice. I wish I had a couple of them back again. For open reel 
>tape, I'm  > >now using a pair of pioneer 7 inch reversable machines, 707 or 
>717 or something  > >like that. > > I'll be glad to know if anyone is still 
>seriously using open  > >reel tape. > > Take care > > Howard, near Milwaukee > 
>----- Original Message  > >----- > From: "Tyler" <programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx> > 
>To: <tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >  > >Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 6:56 PM > Subject: 
>[TapeVille] Re: Great Concept  > >for List! > > > Well, that's a good thing! 
>Welcome to TapeVille, buddy! We're  > >trying to become both a > discussion 
>list and a magazine, so, if for some odd  > >reason, tapes are in the news, 
>then we will try > to put it on here ASAP. >  > >Tyler Z > On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 
>18:34:43 -0500, Max G. Swanson wrote: > > > >As  > >I try to resurrect my 
>iPhone bought just in March, I prefer to think > >about  > >the wonders of 
>tape. What, in digital land, can you compare to the > >kerChunk  > >of an 
>Ampex 
>300 you just started up from the radio station's > >board; and it's  > >your 
>first time running a board, and you cued up the > >29-minute taped program  > 
>>perfectly? > > > >Now that's a thrill. > >-- > >"Americans must know the 
>>basic 
> > >architecture of programs designed to > >protect them."(Senator Franken.)  
> > >> 
>>Regards, Max. > > > > > > > > >  

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