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

[steve]

Just like to say thanks to Phil and the many other people who have shared shows via this list, as well as Steve, Stuart, Doc M and others who have also spent much time keeping the wiki as up to date as possible.

It's all very much appreciated!

Just a note re the wiki. The final switchover to the "new look" is scheduled to happen this week from Wed. Those who still use the old one via the preferences will find this option is no longer available. Sorry for any inconvenience. 

Cheers,

Steve W


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "So It Goes 2512" <so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:
>
> 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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