In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
In article , Glenn White
wrote:
I have 5 old open reel 1/4 inch tapes from about 40 years ago that I
would like converted into either mp3 or wav format on a CD/DVD. I
would do this myself, but don't have an open reel tape deck anymore.
Does anyone know any way that I could get these converted, such as a
commercial service, or anyone who has an old open reel tape deck who
would be prepared to do it under suitable arrangements!

The problem is it's pretty time consuming. Before anyone says - 'you
just leave it running' most amateurs seem to used every speed possible
on just one track of a tape. And mix up mono and stereo...

Must confess that a while ago I had a 15ips tape to transfer to CD but my
15ips deck died. So I transferred it at 7.5ips and then processed the
sampled data to change the rate. :-)

Having done lots of this sort of thing, most have forgotten just how
much rubbish will be on the tapes for one or two gems - and just how
poor the quality will be.

OTOH It may be some 'lost gems' from the BBC or similar...

Slainte,

Jim

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