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Hi Richard and Corey I heard about this product whilst working in the USA. I emailed them for the ingredients and had no response. I, personally haven't used it but would like to know what is actually in it! I prefer to use methods such as Richard's, being tested and analysed by people with tremendous experience. Sorry I didn't post pictures today. We are in the middle of rebuilding our new studios, the mold room, everything infact! So, work is in a state of chaos presently. If I can will try tomorrow before I finish up for my Xmas break! Do you know what is in this product? Cheers Marie On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Richard L. Hess <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > At 10:00 PM 2009-12-16, Corey Bailey wrote: > >> Having dealt with squealing tapes at virtually all recorded speeds and >> (most) >> widths, the simplest and most effective solution I've found is to >> lubricate >> them. That said, the most effective lubricant I've used so far is from >> Last >> Factory. >> > > Hi, Corey, > > I have had pretty much the opposite results with The Last Factory products. > > > > 1) Unless you have modified your play electronics, playing, for example, a >> 7.5ips tape at 15ips will invoke a different EQ alignment curve which will >> result in inaccuracies when pitching the file back down in the digital >> domain. >> (Something I don't like to do in the first place for a number of reasons) >> > > There are many ways to handle this and most of the times I record an MRL > test tape to make sure it's all fine at the end. > > In my experience, this is a problem that is mostly limited to personal and > oral history tapes as they are the ones usually recorded at slow speeds. > I've had little or no issues with master tapes, especially on the > single-head reproducers. > > > 2) Having tried this and observed the signal with calibrated test equipment >> showed that the squeal is, more often than not, still there and although >> it may >> not be (as) audible, it is having an effect on the audio in other ways >> such as >> increased harmonic distortion, induced wow and flutter, etc. >> > > That certainly may be true in some instances, but in others, there is a > threshold where the squeal stops. It was actually Jay McKnight of MRL who > suggested the higher playing speed (I think I mention that in my blog post) > and this was based in part on the analysis he did of the mechanical > properties of tape for Ampex. > > Cheers, > > Richard > > > 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 > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes. >