well, I hate to say this but this is why tape is dead. I have tons of stuff I've recorded over the years archived on quarter-inch reel to reel tape and a lot of it has deteriorated over the years just sitting in storage Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Annabelle Susan Morison To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:59 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Demagnetizing a Microcassette Recorder I've tried the fast forward and Rewind, but it didn't change anything. I had recorded this tape in 2007, but I hadn't listened to it but maybe once or twice since then. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Farfar Carlson Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:25 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Demagnetizing a Microcassette Recorder Annabel, This is more likely due to your tape having stretched or being wound loosely, causing the variance in volume. Have you done a fast-forward and rewind a couple times, to "settle" the tape? If it still has volume variance, then it could be an old tape. I have a demagnetizer cassette for my standard-size cassette, but have never seen one for a micro cassette. You may have to take your player to a repair shop and have someone use a hand-held demagnetizer. Just be sure they know what they're doing, or you can really mess up or damage your playback heads, if not done properly. Dave Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Jose, California ----- Original Message ----- From: Annabelle Susan Morison To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 07:43 Subject: [ddots-l] Demagnetizing a Microcassette Recorder Hi, it's Annabelle. I'm wondering, what's the best way for a blind customer like me to demagnetize a Microcassette Recorder? The reason why is because I want to convert one of my microcassettes to a digital recording in Sonar, and I don't want it to sound like the volume keeps going up and down all the time. Anybody have any suggestions for me? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3314 - Release Date: 12/13/10 19:34:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3314 - Release Date: 12/13/10 19:34:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3314 - Release Date: 12/13/10 19:34:00