Hi Steve. Could you please explain this further, and how it relates to pre and post echoes? I understand how a post echo is more desirable than a pre-echo, but I don't understand why tails out would favor one over the other. Thanks, Ellis On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Steve Smolian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Since the attack is louder than the fade (this does not necessarily hold > for electronic music), print-through will be masked in the crescendo rather > than left exposed in the decay. > > Steve Smolian > > -----Original Message----- From: Ellis Burman > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 12:03 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape dubbing backwards? > > > Kinda reminds me of the reason I've heard as to why people store tape > tails out - so that the print through is a post echo instead of a > pre-echo. I never understood that one either. It's the same distance from > oxide layer to oxide layer, so why would it matter? Why would the magnetic > field have a "preference" in any direction? > > Ellis