[peel] My (not so much a box but more several shelves of) Peel Tapes

[Philip Edwards]

Hi all
I'm a bit confused here,
Over the last week I've been busy uploading my existing 1990/1991 tapes
which I'd already ripped to Mooo Server/Phil directory
Currently:-
1990 - 12 files
1991 - 51 files - 32 files still uploading.

So why can't I see them in http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Mooo_Server#phil

These files were originally on my server (in case anyone doesn't have
these).
Now I can start to rip the rest of them (I'll start ripping the remainder
this weekend).  I've finally put them in date order and all in one place. I
underestimated the number. It now stannds at 601 tapes plus about 20
missing.

>> 2) One thing I’ve noticed about the earlier tapes in your series, when I
was doing a lot of tracklistings for them, is that quite often the first 45
minutes of a show
>> have been muffled and the second half have been clear, or vice versa.
This may be due to an azimuth mismatch between either the forward and
reverse (if it is >> an auto reverse deck) or between deck a and deck b on
your multideck. The best recording will come from playing back on the
correct deck, in the correct
>> direction, it should be obvious on listening which deck a tape was
originally recorded on, it should sound much clearer on the correct one! If
it is an entirely
>> different deck, then you may well have to adjust azimuth on playback. You
might also get a better sound by having the Dolby off on replay.

Sadly, the 1990-92 tapes were taped on on my nephews Akai tape deck
The 1997 - 2003 were recorded on my Teac which I'm using for digitising.
Anything else was recorded on an Aiwa tape deck.

On 9 October 2010 14:15, Stuart <stuartb@...us.com> wrote:

>
>
>  Hi Phil
>
>
>
> Uploading
>
> Most folks are now getting a folder on the Mooo server. There is a folder
> there in your name already with a bunch of your earlier shows! If you look
> at the Mooo Server page on the wiki you’ll see who to contact about getting
> a login to upload there, anyone can download with the correct credentials.
> User Peel password group.
>
>
>
> Files of over 200Mb have been deposited there already, and even the likes
> of Mediafire can take 200Mb files on a free account.
>
>
>
> Downloading
>
> Mediafire Rapidshare Megaupload etc are easy to download from without an
> account, especially using a utility like jDownloader which automates all the
> tedious waiting for xx minutes and you can queue up as many downloads as you
> like. DAP utility is good and fast for downloading from a server like Mooo
> or Diag which only needs a password set once. You can get that utility to
> download all links on a page, which is good for the Mooo and Gary’s server
>
>
>
> Digitising
>
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>
> 1) A 2 hour show can be recorded to a 192kbps joint stereo mp3 and come in
> at under 200Mb. I’ve even experimented with 220-260kpbs vbr setting for my
> best tapes. I use Audacity to rip, setting the recording level in advance to
> avoid clipping, rather than normalising later, which may actually perform
> some dynamic compression, and if clipping occurred during the recording
> phase, the peaks would already be lost.
>
>
>
> 2) One thing I’ve noticed about the earlier tapes in your series, when I
> was doing a lot of tracklistings for them, is that quite often the first 45
> minutes of a show have been muffled and the second half have been clear, or
> vice versa. This may be due to an azimuth mismatch between either the
> forward and reverse (if it is an auto reverse deck) or between deck a and
> deck b on your multideck. The best recording will come from playing back on
> the correct deck, in the correct direction, it should be obvious on
> listening which deck a tape was originally recorded on, it should sound much
> clearer on the correct one! If it is an entirely different deck, then you
> may well have to adjust azimuth on playback. You might also get a better
> sound by having the Dolby off on replay.
>
>
>
> Though I think some of your later tapes in 1993 did sound very clear
> indeed!
>
>
>
> A benefit of the Mooo server is that the files are dated as they are
> uploaded and will make it easy for folks who wish to download and do a
> tracklisting on the wiki, without you having to announce each upload on the
> group.
>
>
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> *From:* peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Philip
> Edwards
> *Sent:* 09 October 2010 13:26
> *To:* peel@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [peel] My (not so much a box but more several shelves of) Peel
> Tapes
>
>
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>
>
> At last.
>
> I've finally gotten around to getting back to digitising my 500+ tapes.
>
> Although I contributed my 20 quid to that 1st box of tapes we collectively
> bought a few years back which kicked off these various taping projects, I
> probably only got around to downloading about 50 shows.
>
> The reason being, I was waiting to get my new server in a satisfactory
> state. Hopefully I will also be looking at getting this working in the near
> future.
>
> The vast majority of these tapes (about 90+%) are TDK AD C90s and are
> complete shows.
>
> Taking the form of :-
>
> Tape 1 = show 1 part 1 of 2
>
> Tape 2 = show 1 part 2 of 2 + show 2 part 1 of 2
>
> Tape 3 = show 2 part 2 of 2 + show 3 part 1 of 2 etc.
>
>
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> I'm planning to stitch the parts together (removing the blank bits where
> tape reverses) to end up with complete shows (normalised to minimise
> clipping, using Cool Edit Pro 2.0) as 1 file (current bitrate of 44100 bps
> gives approx. 100 Mb per 2 hour show. Is this too large a file size?
>
> Mostly these tapes will be digitised using the same tape deck as they were
> recorded on (A TEAC twin deck which recorded on both decks).
>
> Will probably manage about 2-3 tapes per evening.
>
> 2 Things
>
>    1. Until the issues with my server are resolved, where can I upload
>    these shows? Is Gary's (Niag) server still available? I don't have an
>    account with any of these file share sites such as MediaFire or RapidShare
>    or whatever. Probably the reason I never bothered downloading many shows due
>    to their limitations.
>    2. At present the shows will be completely random as they are in
>    complete disarray from when I was digging stuff out from when Ken was
>    finalising his book. This will soon be resolved as "she who must be obeyed"
>    has instructed me to tidy my study and is well under way, having thrown out
>    over a dozen bin bags of books, giving me more shelf space to rearrange the
>    tapes.
>
> Phil
>
> P.S. These shows are from 1987 onwards (about 300 tapes between 1990-2)
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