WE HAVE THE TAPES!

[billfromnorthwales]

Thanks Rocker, really fast connection from iDisk - took about 20 
minutes!

Tape quality seems to be a mono recording FM, as was suggested.

There are very few frequencies above 8khz which implies a fairly low 
end cassette recorder.

For the capture, the 1st half runs a bit fast, but second half speeds 
up even faster. This is good in a way, because the length would then 
be closer to 1h 55m, which makes the show nearly complete

Sounds like the tape shedded a lot of oxide on the last bit too, 
since the sound is badly muffled at the end.

As I have found out myself recently, these old tapes need a lot of 
work to get a good capture!

Still, only 399 to go!

This is listenable when speed corrected, but mp3 at 192kbs is plenty 
enough for this quality.

Bill

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, rockerq@... wrote:
>
> OK have spent most of today tapping away logging cassettes - am 
only a 
> quarter of the way through the pile so I reckon this may take a few 
more days - at 
> least I am now ready to mail tapes to our team of rippers once the 
prepaid 
> envelopes arrive, hopefully tomorrow.
> 
> I have also been ripping myself - Started with the earliest show in 
the pile 
> - around 1hr 45 of the show - As a temporary measure I have 
uploaded a FLAC to 
> my iDisk - rather large file at just under 600MB.
> 
> You should be able to access it here:
> 
> http://idisk.mac.com/rockerq-Public
> 
> I have not password protected it & if traffic is not too heavy may 
upload 
> more as I do them. It works OK in Firefox, but have had reports of 
probs with 
> Internet Explorer - let us know how you get on!
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Rocker
>