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Re: [ARSCLIST] reel-to-reel tape
Hello, Mark,
This is a track configuration issue of an earlier recording on the
tape and the one you're listening to.
My first thought is the Cassady interview was recorded on a
quarter-track machine over a half-track recording going the other
direction, but there are many other options as to what happened.
I had John French make me a 4-channel 8-track head assembly for my
"FrankenSony" pair of APR-5003V recorders that lets me play four
tracks simultaneously. The really neat thing about this head is that
I have infinite height adjustment without changing the head azimuth
or zenith, so I can tease out any track snippets as long as they are
at least 0.021 inches wide (or have adjacent silence totalling that dimension).
Try switching between 1/4 track and 2-track heads and see what happens.
If all else fails, there is a good chance that both programs can be
recovered without crosstalk. Not a guarantee, but a good chance.
Cheers,
Richard
At 04:37 PM 9/23/2005, you wrote:
I am currently working with a reel-to-reel recording of Neal Cassady. While
listening to it, I notice that it seems to have an underlying track
in reverse.
When the interview runs out, there is still the sound reversal
until the end of
the reel. Does anybody know how this occurs or how I might listen to it?
Mark Downs
Harry Ransom Center
University of Texas at Austin
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