Join Everett Porter, producer and engineer at Polyhymnia Studios, in the process of remastering Leonard Bernstein's 9...
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Thomas W. Bethe
18th December 2023
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I really do wish I had the restoration tools back when we started into business 30 years ago. All I had was basically equalisers...
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replies: 19
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timtape
4 days ago
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We are looking to do even higher quality transfers since a few of our clients have recently asked for them. This will be a major...
Thomas W. Bethe
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Thomas W. Bethe
2 weeks ago
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I am starting a new thread for this, since it has little to do with the transfer procedure.
I started transferring my old DATs...
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replies: 22
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JGebauer
4 weeks ago
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I recently came into an Otari UFC-24 with SDIF-2 I/O. I need to come out of my PCM-1630 digitally to avoid its D/A card....
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AudioRestorer
4 weeks ago
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I have probably around 50 DAT recordings I would like to transfer to the computer for archiving. I have a DAT machine,...
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ken long
17th March 2025
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So lately I have been trying the Noise Reduction plugins from CEDAR.
I already own RX.
I will be giving my thoughts on this...
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replies: 8
views: 629
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Thomas W. Bethe
10th March 2025
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Had to do some transfers of a MD yesterday. We tried to do it digitally but this is a MD copy of the original and for some reason...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 8
views: 600
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Thomas W. Bethe
10th March 2025
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Hi,
I have this audio clip of some voices from a 78rpm record, but something went wrong when it was transferred and the pitch is...
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replies: 25
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timtape
1st March 2025
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Got in a project for a client. It was a transfer done from a tape recorded in the 1970s by a college radio station. We did not do...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 18
views: 3,521
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timtape
26th February 2025
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Here is the YT clip. https://youtu.be/6bIUXgVZz9A?si=L2Cm_Aj0oxSaAYWK
The source tapes are slow speed reel to reel recorded...
timtape
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replies: 69
views: 3,851
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d1966
5th February 2025
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I got a call yesterday about a VHS transfer.
The potential client wanted a transfer of a "movie I just produced on VHS...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 5
views: 615
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Thomas W. Bethe
20th December 2024
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I am working on a musical selection for a client. The music is well recorded BUT someone, at some time in the past, did some...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 2
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Thomas W. Bethe
19th December 2024
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Hey guys,
I am working on restoring a lost-to-time recording, just for personal, hobby purposes.
This is a song that was...
AVaughn
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replies: 16
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jamesp
16th December 2024
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Got in 36 cassettes for transfer and restoration. These are from a long time client who we have done similar work for in the...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 7
views: 646
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Thomas W. Bethe
27th November 2024
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A friend who I was in my first band with (way back in the 80s) kept some of the original studio recordings we did that are on 1/4...
dgc4rter
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replies: 14
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timtape
18th November 2024
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How can I get my music off of some old dat tapes and tascam 4 track mixes without getting the machines I just to get them on a cd...
mr.dumoss101
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replies: 4
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Thomas W. Bethe
8th November 2024
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Anyone have this equipment available?
Please PM me. Thanks :thumbsup:
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Thomas W. Bethe
25th October 2024
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It was a reel to reel tape tape supposedly done in the late 1960s or early 1970s. It was quarter track stereo. There was music...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 25
views: 1,352
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timtape
20th October 2024
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hello! hope this is the right place for this and apologies if not. i am a studio and live mixing engineer and producer, and a...
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replies: 3
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timtape
18th October 2024
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One side of a two record set was 29 minutes and 9 seconds. It was of a G&S performance in the 1960s at a local college. The...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 2
views: 658
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timtape
23rd September 2024
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Hi, I'm working with a producer who needs an 8 track tape transferred to Wav. files for importing into pro tools etc. If you also...
engmix
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replies: 4
views: 572
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timtape
17th September 2024
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I have a good friend who just passed away. He was an avid collector of musical broadcast tapes. He had a library of over 2000...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 0
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Thomas W. Bethe
8th August 2024
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Just since it came up in another mastering thread, here are a couple of screenshots of old reel recordings from my collection....
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timtape
31st May 2024
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I just got in 60+ classical recordings that the client wants to make into an anthology. They range from the late 60's to the...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 12
views: 830
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Thomas W. Bethe
29th May 2024
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First, I should say that beyond having some success with DeClip long ago I'm otherwise not at all experienced using Izotope Rx. I...
d1966
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replies: 1
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Trakworx
10th May 2024
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I just got three tape decks
A Tascam 32, a Tascam 34 and an Otari MX-5050B four channel machine. My friend is getting out the...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 7
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Thomas W. Bethe
16th March 2024
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A slightly unusual case for me. I received a 3" reel, 1/4" tape to transfer. It was one of those "living...
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replies: 23
views: 1,392
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timtape
11th March 2024
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Hi all
Is it possible to add punchiness to a ripped track sourced from vinyl?
i can undertand the process for adding punch...
futurebrain
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replies: 14
views: 1,148
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kludgeaudio
5th March 2024
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A local resident, who I know, called me to ask if I could transfer 6 audio cassettes to CDs. I told her "yes" so...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 41
views: 4,556
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Thomas W. Bethe
5th February 2024
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It played back perfectly with no problems. I pre spooled it just to make sure there were no broken splices or adhesion problems....
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 1
views: 765
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jamesp
25th January 2024
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This was for a local client. The records were 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM and 78 RPM. They were all done on vinyl. The transfers came off...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 1
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frans
29th December 2023
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Hi,
I purchased a tape that seems to be impossible to find a player for. A very early digital tape format, "3M 265 Digital...
Tootai
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replies: 3
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jamesp
15th December 2023
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replies: 6
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timtape
14th December 2023
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The distortion is caused by a) overloaded inputs on the original recordings b) by using the wrong bias settings on the cassette...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 9
views: 1,182
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Thomas W. Bethe
14th November 2023
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Something a little different. Film audio is still audio and it seems sometimes neglected or even looked down upon as of...
timtape
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replies: 2
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timtape
19th October 2023
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I just transferred 22 C-90 cassettes. Now the client wants me to edit out the "pregnant pauses" where the speaker...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 18
views: 1,184
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Thomas W. Bethe
7th October 2023
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When listening to a track made from roughly 1960's to 1980's on Spotify or any similar streaming service....
what am I...
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replies: 7
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jamesp
9th September 2023
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From a recent client via Email
Hi Tom:
I want to thank you for the masterful job you did of repairing my old audio cassette...
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replies: 4
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Thomas W. Bethe
2nd September 2023
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Yo.
I have a Tascam 112mk3 which I used maybe for 4 hours and the push buttons (and therefore maybe the logic controls?) have...
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31st August 2023
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The cassette deck playback does not even register on the deck's VU meters. It was recorded in a living room with a group of women...
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replies: 7
views: 869
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Thomas W. Bethe
30th August 2023
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I got a phone call today from a prospective client. He called at 8am this morning and hung on the phone for over 20 minutes. He...
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replies: 1
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Thomas W. Bethe
16th August 2023
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I just got a strange phone call from a potential client.
He wanted me to do some transfer work.
So I asked him what was the...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 19
views: 1,925
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Thomas W. Bethe
6th August 2023
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I have this out-of-state client for a while. We do sporadic work for them. They are now questioning how much I charge for the...
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replies: 0
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Thomas W. Bethe
6th August 2023
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Four of them are "Radio Shack" two of them are name brands. All of the Radio Shack cassettes were "jammed"...
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replies: 2
views: 868
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Thomas W. Bethe
6th July 2023
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It was recorded in the 1960s in Vietnam by a US service man. 1/4 track recorded in both directions at 3 3/4 ips on a roll of .5...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 4
views: 1,334
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Thomas W. Bethe
23rd May 2023
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So I get in a cassette that was done sometime in the 70's. It was done on a battery operated cassette deck on a really cheap...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 9
views: 1,613
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Thomas W. Bethe
13th May 2023
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I got in a tape to transfer.
It was 15 ips but did not play well on my four channel 1/4" machine or on my 2 track...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 18
views: 2,199
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Thomas W. Bethe
13th May 2023
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I got in a transfer from Texas. It cost the sender over $15.00 to send the 10.5" reel to me for transfer. It was a reel of...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 4
views: 959
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timtape
7th May 2023
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Doing some transfers for a client of some DAT tapes that were done in the early 1990s. Of the four DAT tapes I have been given to...
Thomas W. Bethe
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replies: 0
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Thomas W. Bethe
5th May 2023
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The problem is he does not know what format they are in or how long each tape is but wants me to "ballpark" a cost per...
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replies: 7
views: 1,022
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Thomas W. Bethe
28th April 2023
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