Very helpful info. Thanks!
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Brian Carpenter
Mellon Digital Audio & Reference Archivist
American Philosophical Society
105 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
(215) 440-3418
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Richard L. Hess
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> Hi, Brian,
>
> I think this is a TAPE not an embossed belt. It apparently dates from
> 1957-1959 and uses a whopping four transistors plus three 6 V mercury
> batteries for 20 hours of recording. There is no rewind on the portable
> unit.
>
> http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/**dictaphone_dictet_recorder_**103800.html<http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/dictaphone_dictet_recorder_103800.html>
>
> This link says 2 x 30 minutes at 2.5 in/s on 1/4-inch tape. 200-4000 Hz
> frequency response.
>
> I should be able to transfer these by taking the tape out of the cassette
> and returning it on a reel. The Sony APR-5000 can be set to this speed and
> EQ (which is unknown) can be adjusted to suit in the DAW.
>
> I would assume it is a two-track configuration, but tape development can
> ascertain that.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> On 2013-05-31 3:48 PM, Steven Smolian wrote:
>
>> If this an embossed belt, Dictaphone brand, its' about 14'. I've worked
>> on
>> many of these.
>>
>> Steve Smolian
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Behalf Of Brian Carpenter
>> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 3:00 PM
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>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Dictet cassette
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've got an old Dictet cassette on my hands, circa 1957. Could someone
>> tell
>> me the duration length of one of these things?
>>
>> Much obliged,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------**------
>> Brian Carpenter
>> Mellon Digital Audio & Reference Archivist
>>
>> American Philosophical Society
>> 105 South Fifth Street
>> Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
>> (215) 440-3418
>>
>>
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> Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.
>
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