Re: arsclist ADAT recovery

["Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joav,

If it's any help...

I understand earlier U-Matic (3/4-inch) video tapes suffer from this and 
other loss-of-oxide decay scenarios.

I've also seen messages from Jim Lindner that say that the dimensional 
shifts introduced by baking may (will?) cause unrecoverable tracking errors 
in the higher density video (and presumably) ADAT tapes.

I haven't run across anything more than this. Hopefully Jim and others will 
respond.

Cheers,

Richard


At 09:17 AM 11/24/2002 +0200, Joav Shdema wrote:
> I am sure many of you have encountered problems with ADAT tapes over the
> years just like we have. Recently I was sent a master recording of a French
> artist of the early '70 which was transferred to ADAT some 12 years ago (the
> early blackface recorders). The tape now presents plenty dropouts and errors
> and was sent to us because the record label gave up on it. They are now
> looking for some Voodoo miracle to save their case.
> It occurred tome that ADAT, Super VHS, tapes were made from material that
> may have been another victim to the sticky shed problem. This Ampex S VHS
> sure looks suspicious.
> I was wondering if anybody on the list had similar experience and what was
> the remedy?
>
> Best,
>
> Joav Shdema
> Producer / Engineer

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