Charlotte 猫 Awoo Fide @confusedcharlot@awoo.space

someday i hope to make some quality analog masters myself

this one is about 40 years old and needs some love.

Decks like this (operating at 15 in/sec) used to be considered the minimum you needed to get a quality analog master of your music.

1/4 inch 1/2 track, 2 track open reel tape recorder/reproducer.

which means:
the magnetic tape it uses is 1/4"
each track takes of 1/2 the width of the tape.
it can play/record two audio tracks across the width of the tape.

tascam 22-2 #reel-to-reel

I also have some cassette deck in various states of disrepair, but they're too lo-fi for me to have much interest in getting them to work

here's what the dbx systems might look like as a dsp plugin
http://www.bobweitz.com/dbx_webpage/dbx.html

today, however, the air is thick with anhedonia, and i barely want to move.

i do have a partial list of things i'm going to try to get working this year.
1 tascam 22-2 1/4" half-track reel to reel tape deck
1 sony tc-350 1/4" quarter-track deck
1 advent 100 dolby b unit
1 dbx 224x
1 dbx 150

the last three are noise reduction units, used with magnetic tape systems to increase S/N ratios and extend dynamic range- their benefits are widely debated, but I want to try to calibrate them to at least work correctly.

maybe some pics later when i have more spoons

i've collect a lot of broken analog recording at this point

i may not have a single active git repo at this point, but at least i still obsess about obsolete technology

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