[peel] Re: John Peel tapes, how do we get "in"

[Alasdair Macdonald]

2008/7/19  <rockerq@...>:
> <<and what do we get, short term and long term, those years were my key
> listening times....... tho       andrew>>
>

> For those tapes that I digitize myself I will probably initially burn them
> to Audio CDr in real time - and then transfer from the CDr to my computer.
> This gives an extra layer of backup, in that the CDr can be archived as well
> as the cassette and the digital file on hard drive. Any opinions as to
> whether the CDr is likely to deteriorate over time in the same way as the
> cassettes will / have / are?


The problems of digital degradation are twofold:

Firstly, the equivalent of a twisted tape, or a broken tape, when it
comes to a CD are more serious; what renders only part of an analogue
medium unreadable may render the entire digital media useless (ie a
cracked / broken CD).

Secondly, where there are transient flaws, digital flaws have
different characteristics than analogue flaws.

The best protection is to ensure that multiple complete flac sets are
stored at separate locations.