Not off-topic at all, Lou...and thanks as well to Richard for his always
valuable input.
In all honesty, however, and because of my position (archivist), I can only
dedicate so much time to transfers. Yet I'm the only one here doing that
kind of work.
The important thing, as I see it, is an ability to make surrogate copies of
unique items within a reasonable amount of time. As those of us in the
archival world already know, sometimes researchers expect access to
delicate and unique collection materials *immediately*. And they don't
always understand why they can't hear [tape X] when it's right in front of
their face. (Fair enough, that's our job.)
That said, I'm thinking of a micro-cassette unit in the $200-$500
range. Other (or contradictory) opinions are welcome as well, of
course. We all have something to learn from each post.
thanks again for the help everyone,
Brandon
At 12:48 PM 3/23/2006, you wrote:
>Am I off topic? All this is well and good, and if it is a one-shot and not
>a hig fidelity recording, you can get a Micorocassetees recorder/player
>for 39.95 at drug stores or RS...
>
>Pardon me if I am at times pragmatic. I've never heard a microcassette
>that would benefit from a thousand dollar player... unless you are working
>for a healthy hourly!
>
><L>
>
>Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
>415-883-2689
>
>On Mar 23, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Richard L. Hess wrote:
>
>>At 02:51 PM 3/23/2006, I wrote:
>>
>>>I reload the micro cassette tapes into a standard cassette shell.
>>
>>Ooops, I forgot to menion Richard's illustrated guide to doing this:
>>
>>http://richardhess.com/notes/2006/03/06/loading-c-0-cassettes/
>>
>>
>>Tape Restoration Seminar: MAY 9-12, 2006; details at Web site.
>>Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask]
>>Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX
>>Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
>
>_______________________________________
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>Assistant Archivist for Audiovisual Collections
>Hoover Institution Archives
>Stanford University
>Stanford, CA 94305-6010
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