Hi Rob,
Here's some information on to bake or not to bake!
http://www.josephson.com/bake_tape.html
This link gives some excellent info on the problem, but you won't know
until you try playing the tapes themselves. The web site advises that
if you start getting
>squealing, jerking, and, in extreme cases, slowing down or stopping
>the tape transport
>
you should stop and apply the techniques of baking described.
Rod Stephens
Family Theater Productions
Rob Sevier wrote:
>Esteemed Archivists,
>I have ten or so AMPEX DBX 406 tapes, the latest of which was recorded on in
>mid-1975. I've gotten several different reports as to whether or not these
>tapes need to be baked before playing them back. Is there a reliable
>resource that can tell me whether or not this specific model has problems?
>Does anyone on the list have an answer based on experience? I've played
>phone tag with someone over at QUantegy (who I understand bought AMPEX.)
>
>One possibility, if there is any doubt, is that I have one or two tapes that
>contain no music that I need at all (everything is contained on a quarter
>inch mix.) These unnecessary tapes were stored under identical circumstances
>as the tapes that I need to dump down. Would it make sense to experiment
>first with the unnecessary tapes? How would I know if the process is
>failing?
>
>Thanks in advance for the advice.
>Rob Sevier
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