Re: [ARSCLIST] Leader tape

[Jeff Carroll <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<<On Nov 20, 2007, at 11:16 PM, Richard L. Hess wrote:

I certainly would not use plastic leader at the core...too many reels  
have had the oxide on the first turn get pulled off onto the plastic  
leader.

It's a bit of being caught between a rock and a hard place. I have  
played a large quantity of tapes with paper leader and other than the  
splices failing after a baking on the paper leader, I can't recall  
any damage that I attributed to the paper, but I've seen 3M, Maxell,  
and Ampex all deposit oxide on the plastic leader. The Maxell were my  
masters which really ticked me off as it had otherwise been an almost  
perfect tape. Fortunately I had a safety and edited it together. I  
had to fix an Ampex reel with plastic leader, but I fortunately there  
was a repeat of the opening phrase a few measures in, so I copied it.  
The client was happy.

Please don't use plastic leader -- at least not the 3M stuff.>>


Ditto.   I'm with Richard on this one.

Jeff Carroll, Mastering Engineer
Bluefield Mastering Inc. - Raleigh, NC  USA
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