The transfer was made back in the 80's before DAWs ... alas, that tool didn't exist then. Mike Lou Judson wrote: > IF one had to work with one of these tapes, wouldn't more accuracy be > possible by slipping the tracks in a DAW rather than a real-time > delay? If I had one I'd try it! > > Thus "had to use digital delay" is not the only way to do it. Granted, > slipping tracks is still a sort of DDL, but one less process involved. > > Lou > Lou Judson > Intuitive Audio > 415-883-2689 > > On Jan 5, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Mike Gray wrote: > >> Finally, EMI didn't keep the staggered-head tape machine, so they had >> to use digital delay. Luckily, that machine was soon replaced with >> standard in-line head machines. Besides, editing the staggered-head >> tapes was almost impossible.