The stuff that has commercial value, at least in the eyes of the bean-counters who own most
commercially-recorded material, is already being taken care of. The vast amount of stuff in their
vaults that they consider of little or no commercial value is another matter. So is non-commercial
material. I have no answer to your question, "how"? I was merely making what I consider a true
statement based on my experience with analog tape -- it is not a "permanent" medium, although it has
proven heartier than some others.
-- Tom Fine
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From: "Mike Richter" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: [ARSCLIST] Vinegar syndrome audio tapes
> Tom Fine wrote:
>> Despite optimistic statements and predictions, I think ALL content of importance on analog reel
>> to reel tape should be transferred to a managed digital archive system in the next couple of
>> decades.
>
> All well and good - but how? If one's standards are lowered to redbook format, then it can be made
> practical. Find volunteers or low-cost employees, provide each with a competent but economical
> tape deck and a standalone recorder. (One is tempted to let one person monitor several such
> stations, but that fails when the recording is longer than a single CD.)
>
> That will not lead to 96/24 masters with optimized alignment and all the other properties we wish
> we could achieve. Undoubtedly, after the transfers have been assessed, it will be clear that some
> should have been transferred with the bells and whistles - just as it will be evident that some
> were not worth doing in the first place.
>
> It will, however, yield a much higher transfer rate.
>
> Done that way, one might estimate cost at ~$10 per hour. Does anyone have a figure on archival
> transfer?
>
> Mike
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