[peel] Re: More "In concerts"

[RobF]

My last batch of L Tapes properly clogged up my tape heads. I tried to buy
Isopropyl Alcohol from the chemist and they said they no longer sold it due
to substance abuse?!

So I ended up buying a tape head cleaner set from Maplins. It has a bottle
of Isopropyl alcohol in it. I just threw the tape cleaner cassette away. I
can't see how they can be very useful. You drop the alcohol on the visible
tape and then press play - within one second the wet piece of tape is no
longer anywhere near the tape head and residual alcohol has evaporated. A
well doused cotton bud is my friend


On 9 May 2013 08:36, MATB <alan_l@...> wrote:

> I would stick with IPA (isopropyl alcohol) and a cotton bud.  A Cleaning
> Cassette - given that you would probably have owned it for 20 years plus,
> how clean do you think the cleaning fibre is going to be!  I've never been
> a fan of these myself.  If you cant find IPA easily, some white wipe board
> cleaning spray would do.
>
> Ah, the old 'azimuth' suggestion... it had to happen.  Totally agree that
> it can make a huge difference, but in the hands of a novice with a
> screwdriver, probably best left well alone!
>
> My biggest bugbear with old tapes is that they invariably playback at the
> wrong speed. Yes you can adjust speed and pitch retrospectively with
> audacity or cool edit etc, but there's nothing like having a tape deck with
> a variable speed control which lets you hear the adjustments you are making
> in real time.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
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> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "rockerq@..." <rockerq@...> wrote:
> >
> > These old cassettes often shed a lot of their oxide onto the heads and
> capstans and wheels - good idea to use isopropyl alcohol and cotton bud to
> clean the heads - and also if you can get far enough into the machine do
> the capstan and roller wheels as well - you'll be surprised how much brown
> gunk comes off. If you can't get to any of the rollers then a head cleaning
> cassette is the other option - although in my experience they don't clean
> as well.
> >
> > Worth cleaning after every cassette, too.
> >
> > The other think that may affect the sound is azimuth error - the angle
> of the tape against the playback heads needs to be as close as possible to
> when it was recorded - most cassette decks have a way of adjusting the
> azimuth angle by tilting the heads slightly - worth googing for info on
> this - although as Bill said both of these problems would normally make the
> tapes sound duller not brighter.
> >
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Rocker
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: viynljohn <viynljohn@...>
> > To: peel <peel@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wed, May 8, 2013 9:27 pm
> > Subject: [peel] Re: More "In concerts"
> >
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> > Or am I better using cotton buds and isopropl alcohol?
> >
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "viynljohn" <viynljohn@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Have always used AUDACITY with an external tape recorder
> > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" <billfromnorthwales@>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > oops VinylJohn I meant...
> > > >
> > > > What's going on with the tapes? They don't ususally deteriorate that
> way (lots of other ways..)
> > > >
> > > > >Have you tried different capture equipment or do you want one of
> the group to try and get a better rip?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales"
> <billfromnorthwales@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > David,
> > > > >
> > > > > What's going on with the tapes? They don't ususally deteriorate
> that way (lots of other ways..)
> > > > >
> > > > > Have you tried different capture equipment or do you want one of
> the group to try and get a better rip?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "viynljohn" <viynljohn@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > David
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Unfortunately the 1987 tape is a total 'car crash' (very treb-ly
> and distorted) so going to try the 1988 tape... wouldn't mind but I used a
> decent casette.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, David Quantick <davidquantick@>
> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Please.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 8 May 2013, at 20:03, "viynljohn" <viynljohn@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > EEEK.... not looking good for the 1987 one!
> > > > > > > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "viynljohn" <viynljohn@> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Anyone for Erasure 1987/88?
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