Print

Print


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