PM me maybe we can figure it out., Please pardon the mispellings and occassional insane word substitution I'm on an iPhone > On Oct 29, 2016, at 15:47, Richard L. Hess <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't think I've mentioned this before, but I'm doing an 8-track that is the only surviving copy of an album other than a home-made cassette (of an 8-track?, I'm not sure yet). > > Anyway, there is something I don't think I've mentioned on 8-tracks. > > They were often recorded with staggered heads, though usually tracks 1/2 and 5/6 were on the same head. > > Well, this particularly annoying 8-track seems to have substantially different azimuth on 5/6 than 1/2, so it's four separate passes for this one rather than two. Fortunately it's short. > > A not half-bad Gospel trio from Virginia in the 1970s. The lady singer reminds me a bit of Judith Durham of The Seekers -- not quite as good, but her voice mixes in a similar way and can carry over the two guys -- and there's a bit of a Southern US accent rather than a British/Australian accent. > > Thought you'd like to think about the 8-track annoyances. Once more StereoTool allows me monitor the azimuth better than any other option. > > Now, if only this project could afford Plangent Processes on the wow and flutter...and then there is the inter-track crosstalk which I can't seem to lose no matter what head height is dialed in. > > Cheers, > > Richard > > > -- > Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] > Aurora, Ontario, Canada 647 479 2800 > http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.