Re: [ARSCLIST] Old reel to reel 'echo' problem

["joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" <jsalerno@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How would transferring the left and right channels separately alleviate 
print through?

joe salerno


Dave Kesner wrote:
> Hi Melodie,
>
> What you're referring to sounds like something called "print-through", a
> magnetic phenomenon that both reel-to-reel and cassette tapes are
> susceptible to.  
> There are some advanced processes such as using a noise-gate and possibly
> transferring the left & right channels separately, but your mileage will
> vary.  Unfortunately there's no real remedy to it...
>
> Good luck,
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 3/31/09 12:25 PM, "Frances, Melodie" <mfrances@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I am not even sure 'echo' is the correct term, but with our old reel to
> > reel tapes (and I have had this experience with personal cassettes),
> > there is this thing I am calling echo - where what the person says is
> > repeated at a fairly low level - you can usually only really hear it
> > when there is silence - and it is basically a repeat of what had just
> > been said - so not really a echo but more like a delayed repetition. Is
> > this a head cleaning problem? Or a problem that can be fixed? Does
> > anyone even know what I'm talking about, and if so, what is it called?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Melodie Morgan Frances
> > Head of Cataloging
> > Graduate Theological Union
> > mfrances@xxxxxxx
> > 510-649-2521
> >
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