Re: [ARSCLIST] To bake or not to bake?

[David Lewiston <david.lewiston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For my analogue field recording I always used 1 mil tape (Scotch 203 & 207, 
Ampex 407) to get the maximum recording time, 22 minutes, on a 5" reel at 7 
1/2 ips.

Seva recently transferred all my analogue field recordings to digital. He 
tells me that most were in fine shape, despite my keeping them in Hawaii for 
decades without climate control.

David Lewiston


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Olhsson" <olh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: August 14, 2006 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] To bake or not to bake?


> Tom Fine wrote:
>
> > I was always told
> > never to use 1 mil tape
> > for anything critical like a master.
>
> When I first moved to California a few major label projects were being 
> recorded at 30 ips. to 1 mil tape. After 12" reels became common people 
> switched back to 1.5.
>
> --
> Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN
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