There wan an external box with Dolby B encoding/decoding. Keep checking ebay. Steve Smolian ========================= Steven Smolian 301-694-5134 Smolian Sound Studios --------------------------------------------------- CDs made from old recordings, Five or one or lifetime hoardings, Made at home or concert hall, Text and pics explain it all. at www.soundsaver.com ========================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Z Snyder" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 3:52 PM Subject: [ARSCLIST] Dolby B in software > Has anybody ever written the Dolby encode/decode algorithm in Windows-based > software? > > The question arose when a friend of mine told me about some orphaned Dolby > B-encoded tapes. These apparently are reel-to-reel and without calibration > tones. Granted, without the calibration tone, decoding of the tapes would be > pure guesswork. However, a computer-based program would at least allow > non-real-time experimentation so that a plausible reference level could be > established. > > Aaron Z Snyder