Re: [ARSCLIST] revisiting tape bakers

[Lou Judson <inaudio@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the considered response, George, and the apology. For the  
record, the out of context quote is fine. I can only add that this is  
the client's wish in this particular case.

Were it, say, a famous musician's life work or other valuable  
historical documentation, and given the funding to preserve it long  
term, I would never advocate discarding the originals.

But that of which I spoke were radio programs, and they are stored as  
pancakes with only a radio uplink label on it. All pertinent  
information has been entered into a database...

It still relates to baking, as the tape I meant would need to be  
baked again for subsequent playings. And, three of the 500 had to be  
reconstructed from original recordings as no amount of baking would  
let them play for more than a minute or two. If there had not been  
replacement source recordings, more stringent recovery would have  
been needed.
Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689


On Nov 8, 2008, at 9:45 AM, George Brock-Nannestad wrote:

> From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad
>
> Hello all,
>
> there has just been a very interesting and expansive exchange of views
> concerning the mechanisms of baking on the ARSCLIST (go for subject  
> line
> 'revisiting tape bakers' - it had not strayed when I started  
> writing this),
> and the latest comment by an experienced person - Lou Judson - says:
>
> > In fact, we are looking for some way to dispose of the tapes after
> > transfer, as they are simply not archivable except as voluminous
> > boxes of possibly sentimental but otherwise unusable materials!
>
> (sorry, Lou, for quoting partly out of context).