In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
It is essential to have access to as many copies
of the original as you can lay your hands on.
Quite often metal matrices (mothers) were still
available. These were an excellent source of
cleanish audio and helped to speed up the
process. But, you could not mix shellac and
metals as a source for the same title.

You could actually read my post before replying.

You sound like the Irishman when asked for direction who says:-

'If I were you, I wouldn't start from here'

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*If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
It is essential to have access to as many copies
of the original as you can lay your hands on.
Quite often metal matrices (mothers) were still
available. These were an excellent source of
cleanish audio and helped to speed up the
process. But, you could not mix shellac and
metals as a source for the same title.

You could actually read my post before replying.

My reply was to illustrate why you should not simply
declick (shorten) an analogue tape in the way you did.
and answered your question:

" Now inform us just how you removed such clicks in the
analogue days long before you had a computer to do the work for you?"

Iain

In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
It is essential to have access to as many copies
of the original as you can lay your hands on.
Quite often metal matrices (mothers) were still
available. These were an excellent source of
cleanish audio and helped to speed up the
process. But, you could not mix shellac and
metals as a source for the same title.

You could actually read my post before replying.

My reply was to illustrate why you should not simply
declick (shorten) an analogue tape in the way you did.
and answered your question:

And I had already told you why the razor blade option was the only
practical one in this instance.

As I said you have absolutely no experience of broadcast and the time
scales involved, let alone budget constraints.

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*Middle age is when work is a lot less fun - and fun a lot more work.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.