Re: arsclist Duplicating casette tapes

[Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>]

At 05:26 PM 8/6/2002 -0500, Language Laboratories and Archives wrote:
> > I think you'll get better results doing real-time duplication (or 2x at 
> > the most) in a Sony or perhaps Kenwood (I'm not sure of their current 
> > models, I have a good older model) or Teac dual-well deck.
>
> We use both a Marantz PMD510 and a Sony TC-WR11ES dual deck for dubbing 
> cassettes. I like the Sony because it has a pause button--we do a lot of 
> copying from multiple sources.
>
> > However, you might also consider copying them to CD-R rather than other 
> > cassettes.
>
> Or you might consider doing what we do: original recordings on DAT (you 
> can record at 48 KHz on DAT, you only get 44.1 on CD). The material could 
> be backed up to DAT, or captured on a computer.

Long-term stability of DAT seems poorly documented. I have read anecdotal 
reports which lead me to question it. For the same reason, I am leery of 
suggesting any DVD format, though that would allow still higher sampling rates.

Mike

mrichter@xxxxxxx
http://www.mrichter.com/


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