Re: [ARSCLIST] The state of cassette tape

[steven austin <stevena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, let me say this: I am NOT a crook.

Steven Austin

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Comment on last paragraph. Not if they're trying to play back 15/16!
I'm
assuming, of course, you have the Nixon tape originals- he used a Uher.

Steve Smolian

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> Aren't cell phones in Japan well along in providing these kinds of
> functions? Audio messaging that can be sent home to your computer?
With
> pictures, even.
>
> I suspect phone technology soon will be suitable for all our low-tech
> needs for environmental and location recording. Maybe a mic jack on
the
> side of the phone might help with the input quality. And a Flash card
> for a certain amount of cacheing.
>
> File sizes might not matter that much for transfer either. Yahoo! Is
> routinely managing to handle 20MB email attachments these days. Better
> things are probably here or just around the corner. Streaming,
real-time
> transfer to your computer at home (like FTP), and clear, unbroken
> satellite uplinks from any location would do nicely.
>
> Then we can give all the camouflaged Uher portables to our kids (who
> will find them quaint and useless).
>
> Steven Austin
>
>
>
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> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Ross
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 4:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] The state of cassette tape
>
> I think Andy's point is that cassettes are likely to follow open-reel
> tape
> within the next few years, and so those of us who support low-budget
and
> technically unsophisticated sound collectors will have to find
something
> to
> replace them.
>
> I don't think minidisc will be the answer, because the inexpensive
> recorders do not include a digital output.
>
> My own guess is that the new standard will be some kind of solid-state
> digital storage, like the media used in today's digital cameras. Maybe
> even
> the same media, such as the Compact Flash cards used in the Marantz
and
> Denon portables. Either the cost of media will come down to a point
> where
> it's practical to use them for permanent storage, or it will be
routine
> practice to transfer recordings into a computer's hard drive, a CD-ROM
> or a
> DVD.
>
> John Ross
> Northwest Folklife
> Seattle
> So there's a great market opportunity for somebody to produce a $200
(or
> less) digital stereo recorder without the "professional" features of
the
> current models. No motor, no moving parts, and unbalanced inputs and
> outputs.
>
> At  1/12/2005 03:10 PM, Matthew Barton wrote:
>
>>Maxell still makes XL-II, but not XL-II-S, though some stores still
> have
>>it.
>>
>>
>> >>> akolovos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1/12/2005 6:14:46 PM >>>
>>Folks,
>>
>>I realize that there is no direct connection between the developing
>>Quantegy story and the state of 1/8" cassette tape, but it does get me
>>thinking--what is the state of the manufacturing and the longer term
>>prospects of cassette tape in the world today?
>>
>>We deal with a lot of "oral history" materials and give advice to a
>>lot
>>of people interested in "oral history."  Many people out there who
>>come
>>to us for advice are befuddled and intimidated by digital recording
>>technology.  As a result, I tend to give them a few options in
>>cassette
>>recorders.
>>
>>When I'm asked, I generally tell people that I figure one should able
>>to
>>obtain decent quality cassette tape for "Uh, at least the next--uh,
>>perhaps--five years.  Maybe.  Maybe longer even."
>>
>>As for where that number comes from, I pretty much make it up.
>>
>>I certainly feel like I'll be able to easily obtain cassettes after I
>>have to scrounge around to find 74 minute CD-Rs, and looooong after
>>I'll
>>have to rely on Ebay to get MiniDiscs, but still...
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>andy
>
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