It seems as if there were many good ideas flowing to various specific email lists lately and some of what I was writing might benefit people who don't have time to read all the email lists I try and get through every day. It also seems that some of the projects I'm working on are cross-platform and, for example, equally involve Studer and Sony tape machines. The restoration reflect things which I'm involved with and that I'd like to share with other restorers and archivists.
The Restoration Notes Blog is at http://www.richardhess.com/notes/
I have the RSS feed enabled on the Blog, so if you want to keep track of updates, that might be a way to go. I'm experimenting with Snarfer http://www.snarfware.com/ if you want a suggestion for a Windows RSS tool.
Anyway, please provide feedback as to whether this is useful. Also, ideas for articles would be appreciated...no promises, however.
So far the topics cover Studer A810, Sony APR-5000 and APR-16/24, tool esoterica, and loading C-0 cassette shells. Watch for more information on resolving pilot tracks sometime in the future and Sony PR-150 tape's degradation (yes, I have another reel of that stuff in to transfer).
Cheers,
Richard
Tape Restoration Seminar: MAY 9-12, 2006; details at Web site. Richard L. Hess email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm