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

[So It Goes 2512]

Hi Phil

The reason is that this page has not been updated for some time (as I have been busy with other things like getting new shows out). I'll try and sort it out this week.

Best wishes
Steve (TK)

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Philip Edwards <festive50@...> wrote:
>
> 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@...> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> >
> > *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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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