Re: Recording tape to cd

"icarusi" <icarusi00@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "certtaker" <batafuchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hello, is there any decent ways to copy cassettes to cd and make them
> sound
>> good? I have tried this, but it seems as it is more work than good and
> the
>> sound level has to be consistently adjusted from the tape player.
>
> Depending on the quality of the original cassette and the cassette player
> used to play that tape. I've often found the head azimuth on some older
> cassette players is 'off', or sometimes not in alignment with the head
> used
> to record the original tape. If it's a newer palyer it sould be OK, but if
> older and with much head wear the played sound could be much muddier than
> if
> played on a newer machine with less head wear, degaussed and azimuth
> aligned
> to the tape. After that you can additionally use 'vinyl restoration'
> programs to remove noise and some use of 'aural enhancers' to sharpen up
> the
> sound if optimising the tape player isn't sufficient.

I'll echo this - on lower-quality decks (including perhaps, the recording
decks), the azimuth tends to be all over the place. Less so on reference
decks.

Clean the heads (and the capstan/pinchwheel etc)(and demag if you can -
helps with tape shedding), and tweak the azimuth for maximum top-end.
Transfer to hard disk such that peaks never hit 0dB (usually means leaving
around 6-10dB headroom); normalise L/R channels individually, and Bob's yer
uncle.

Steve
http://www.fivetrees.com


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