Re: Re: OT Cassette 4-Track... Req!

[Nik <fluke@gotadsl.co.uk>]

Well, it's a non-reversing Aiwa deck with three heads and a closed loop 
i.e. spindles and pinch rollers both before and after the head stack, so 
pitch stability and repeatability is pretty good. And the pitch shift is a 
simple x2, so artefacts are zero.

It worked for me.

Nik

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Subject:        Re: OT Cassette 4-Track... Req!
Author: "Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>
Date:            Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:53:31 +0000

Experience with the pitch shift problem trying to record each side 
separately proved to be a real pain in the neck, and awfully uncertain in 
terms of results.  I could clearly detect sync problems - and this was 
with a tape using a marking tone.  In addition, since there are close to 
fifty cassettes to go through to remaster - yes, the world will be 
subjected to some of it! - I need to do it with a four-track 1-2-3-4 
layout, and want to have a better tape transport going for it than a 
standard cassette deck can provide.  I can't take the chance of any of 
these fellas getting chewed up either.  To my credit these tapes are 
probably the best-stored items I own... :)

From: "Daryl Shawn" <highhorse@mhorse.com>
> That's a brilliant solution, I have to say. I imagine almost any editor 
>> could do the simple assembly after the import. Sounds like in Stephen's 
> case the pitchshifting wouldn't even be needed.
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> Daryl Shawn
> www.swanwelder.com
>> I used a regular good-quality cassette deck to archive my old 4-track 
>>> tapes.
>> Recorded them to computer in two passes - two tracks at a time. Then 
>used >> Cooledit to reverse the two that come in backwards and pitch 
>shift them >> all
>> up an octave. Then reassemble and mix in Cubase. That was soe years 
>ago. >> I
>> think I've lost both the tapes and the Cubase files since then!
>>
>> Nik
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