I have two similar tapes, created by a former studio engineer, which are "Meddle", and "Dark Side Of The Moon", both by Pink Floyd. They (supposedly) came from low-generation safety copies, and sound better than any other commercially-available vinyl copies of the same albums in my collection. I generally use a Teac X-1000R deck for playback.
Thank you for an interesting video. I have been recording on analogue tape since the late 1990s, when I started recording some concerts and dress rehearsals for the Hong Kong Philharmonic. A digital recording was what they wanted, but we added two Nagra IV-S as "back ups". The classic Decca tree technique was used, and all the tracks mixed in real time before going to the recorders. So, I have a pretty good idea what master tapes should sound like. When the Tape Project started to come out with tapes, I was one of their first subscribed, getting their first series (10 tapes) for $2000. I was really most interested in the two Decca titles that Winston Ma managed to negotiate for them. Decca has never allowed any of their master tapes to be released on tape ever since. I do agree that Saxophone Colossus was a bit disappointing, but Waltz for Debbie is excellent. For the two Decca titles, the Hindemith VC/Bruch Scottish Fantasy is better than the Albeniz, both being celebrated Decca classics. The two Reference Recordings titles are astounding, and as my set up improves over the years, I find them more and more amazing. For the grey market master tape copies, one really needs to trust the seller. In my case, I have a contact who used to work at Melodiya in St Petersburg, who is doing his own thing now. I asked him to try and copy the three Tchaikovsky Symphonies DGG did for Mravinsky, and he managed to convince an ex-colleague to do it. I love those performances, and I want to try and find the best recording for them. The original DGG LPs were decent but not up to Decca standard. The CD releases are disasters. After several weeks, I got word that they would do it. I put these tapes on right after I received them, and boy, they just blew me away. They brought tears to my eyes. My impression that DGG was not as good as Decca is wrong, at least during the 1950s and 60s. They only started to do these multi-mike recordings in the 1970s, and before that, they were doing minimal miked recordings in great venues such as the Jesus Christ Church. Their original LP mastering (at Emil Berliner studios) probably did not do them justice. Another point is, the Melodiya archives is a treasure trove, since they had incredible artists during the Soviet era, and they also produced LPs for EMI for the Soviet market. You can find master tapes of some of the most coveted EMI recordings (Oistrahk, Kogan etc.) there. It is only a matter of getting access to them !
Thank you for that video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. You are a great collector as well as a good enthusiast. Your presentation skills are excellent. Love your videos. Ciao
Hi, Guido. I really enjoyed this video. I wish I could afford such tapes myself! The issue with 30 IPS tapes having "no bass" (12:13) is somewhat overblown. It's not that they have "no bass," it's that the bass rolloff frequency becomes unacceptably high. The problem with reproducing bass at such a high tape speed is that the wavelengths of low frequencies (on the tape) become comparable to or even longer than the width of the poles of the playback head, and the result is that the low frequencies partially cancel themselves out on playback. I'll have to do a video about this sometime. I have a video in the works about open-reel tape now, and perhaps it could become a series. In any case, bass on analog tapes is always a bit of a problem due to "head bumps," which cause variations in the level of the reproduced bass, depending on tape speed and head design, and once you get to 30 IPS, the problem is exacerbated so much that the high tape speed begins to define the limits of how low the bass can go. Playback LF equalization can help, but only so much. And you can't fix it on the record side because (1) it's a playback machine problem, different for each type of machine, and, (2) you'd quickly overload the tape at low frequencies if you pre-emphasized the bass too much.
Not really, It depends of a quality of the tape and the strength of magnetic field of the recording head. Higher speed is higher dynamics and resolution
I had a reel to reel tape machine for Christmas 1970 it was a fidelity 4 track mono machine . I had great fun with it recording the top 40 on Sunday nights. Most people had cassette recorders, shoe box size not really made for music. A friend of mine heard me playing a recording and thought that it was the radio, bit of an insult but showed the huge difference between reel to reel and the cassette of the day .
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15:55 2.000$ dollars cost only any one album from eight albums Master Tapes from Japan studio "Three Blind Mice" true "The Holy Grail" in vintage Master Tapes world , I'm catching one "Misty" album (200 pieces) . Every cool collector wanted .
Sir, you are right saying Brothers In Arms album by Dire Straits is SUPPOSEDLY as they claim is full DDD. (They) Warner Bros, which made this release, claimed it was full DDD due to the popularity of new audio standard those years. And now what is really true? We got a copy of this master tape. And checking diagnosis with a special studio recording software it was actually DAD and DAA (in case with a vinyl release). I never liked sonics of both releases, i.e. CD and vinyl due to their restrained, squeezed sonic character but when I heard the master tape copy I completely changed my mind. It's "Oh, boy! Oh, mama!". You name it. Yes, the album was recorded digitally, that is D, then edited by an analogue studio tape deck due to the fact digital editing was ultraexpensive in 1985. And we'll get soon a copy of Dire Straits album (Sultans of Swing) (1978), their first and my favorute DS album. Luckily it's all AAA.
Ummm.... No. In '85 DASH recorders were available (DASH = Digital Audio Stationary Head), and these digital tapes were edited with razor blade and splicing tape, just like analog tape. These first DASH machines actually predate CD's by a couple of years. Sony made 24-track digital machines that recorded 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz sample rates at 16 bits deep, and then in 1997 released an improved machine (The PCM-3348HR) that could take one of the existing 24-track tapes and add ANOTHER 24 tracks to it! On half-inch tape! And at 24-bits! There was also a quarter-inch two-track master recorder, all editable with razor blade and splicing tape. Amazing technology. As for the tape Guido has, it's probably a production master for cassettes or vinyl, or perhaps just an analog safety copy. But I assure you, the CD's were fully digital releases.
I only own three open reel tapes. The most common one is Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down (most audiophiles in my neighbirhood owns one). Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet and the only one where there are interested buyers is the Star Wars soundtrack with Zubin Mehta conducting the LAPO (because it is at 7 1/2 ips?).
You'll have to do a video of professional magnetic tapes that do hold up versus go bad with vinegar syndrome (which is also a problem with acetate photochemical movie film) and the good and bad eras of a given brand. I bet it is different than that of consumer cassette tapes. Also, do you like chrome and metal tape, even though they do not and cannot make them anymore? As a bonus, your thoughts on AGFA Magnetite 12, which was a big quality bomb. Thanks for another excellent video!
Wouldn't it be great if Impex, Mofi & Speaker's Corner released reels of the titles they offer? Analogue Productions is doing this but it's taking a long time. Tape Project hasn't released anything for a while now. I would like to see the "Analogue Resurgence"!
+1 would be great to see RTR tape sales increase so those labels may enjoy economies of scale and offer better prices, unfortunately bit of a chicken & egg situation
Agfa is a very good quality of tape and movies, for history nerds, the footage of the furher filmed in color at the berghauf by Eva Braun were filmed of Agfa color 16mm movie reels and even after 70 years or so, the colors were still very well preserved.
Late to this party. I have a Staples Singers album off the Tape Project that's pretty good. Gentle Ben Ultratape (Ben Webster) from Analogue Productions is spectacular. I also have probably a dub of a dub of Hard Day's Night-- what's interesting about it is that someone went through the trouble of splicing leader between the tracks. It sounds good, for sure, but I can't imagine it's anywhere near original. It's definitely cool though. I buy a lot off ebay and I have visions of someone dubbing their CD collection in a basement somewhere. But I didn't pay much more than what the cost of 2 reels of new tape would be. Unless it's from Analogue or a reputable dealer, there's just no way to be 100% certain.
I love that statement too, though the use of the word "mistake" might be a little harsh. Everything has it's beginning, and who knows; Maybe one day digital will evolve into something reminiscent of hifi. Until then thank God for R2R.
@@kawmic7 You're right about that. I used it for a while back in the 90's. The only issue I encountered was the tapes getting a fluttering sound after a while, when played often.
@@kawmic7 Hey Mate. Used Panasonic top models. I can't see how pause should be involved, but never mind. As you know I went R2R and I'm not going back. Stay safe.
Great video.. thanks so much for sharing. Is there anyway you can share where you got the Pink Floyd The Wall and the Beatles Abbey Road reels? I’m always a bit leery when I buy so called master tapes.
Great collection! I have a few of the IPI, and I agree on price and overall quality. I also have the Tape Project Sonny Rollins, and find it sounds really, really good. Maybe it’s my Ampex vs. your telefunken gear, or just personal preference? The AP Ultra Tape may have slightly better packaging than tape project even. One thing I’ve learned the hard way, test tones make a HUGE difference,. If you can align your machine to the same setup as the machine the dubs were made on, it’s a tremendous improvement in sound quality. Cheers and please do more master tape videos :]
I have a huge collection of prerecorded reels and am wondering if you recommend baking them. They date back to the late 60s. Have you baked any of yours? Thanks Pat
Baking them weakens them. You usually bake if there is sticky shed syndrome or simply if the binder is unstable and you make one last passage to duplicate or convert to digital.
Any Ampex low noise tape including 406 and 456 suffer from sticky shed syndrome. I have never had problems with 3M Scotch, Japanese, Agfa or BASF tapes
I bought a lot of reel to reel tapes off E-bay! I really love my two Reel to Reel tape decks! If I had room, I would have at least 3 or 4 more of them!
@@itayashkenazy2895 I've had good luck with all my E-bay purchases! @Pioneer & Teac reel to reel decks, Marantz receiver, Kenwood Turntable, Pioneer speakers, I just make sure they have a high number of good feedback!
hi have seen alot of master tape over the years u do bake them and sometime heavy bake is not needed all the time ampex 406 407 i had to bake them zonal agfa basf no need to bake them baking will need good vents big time of not do your head in if you don't
Wow- you certainly have some amazing tapes there- very interesting. All i have are a factory copy of "Help" and one of " A Hard Days Night" - only small reels. Picked up a Louis Armstrong album today for £1. That is all the R2R tapes i have- i have three R2R machines and all are currently not working. Perhaps i should pay more attention to tape ( i collect cassettes mind you). Have you ever done any copies of your tapes onto either CD or DVD in the past? Please keep up the interesting videos. Best wishes from the UK.
I have a vinyl cutting master of Beatles Please Please Me I bought from eBay. Still a VCM tape, but the best sound I ever heard. Original VCM EQ sheets.
Hi, great job again !! I live in Vietnam and here we can find a lot of reel to reel, mostly Teac and Akai. Have you any recommendations on models from these brands? Then, could you share some links whee ro buy good tapes? Not sure it will survive to the customs scans??
IF I had a Reel To Reel, I’d like to get the Original Mixes for REO Speedwagon’s “Ridin’ The Storm Out”….with Kevin Cronin on lead vocals instead of Mike Murphy…just to hear the album as it should have sounded.
2:20 Exactly! Baloney Sandwiches! Lol Italians... always thinking of their beloved Bolognese foods, even when talking about tapes! 😜 6:42 I don't have any R2R tapes so I'm not knowledgeable about it, but that looks quite misleading! 11:03 How about posting a rip of that master tape for us to hear? I'm definitely kinda curious! 😉
Are those 2 track masters at 15 IPS (38cm)? I have a Technics 1506 that can only play back 2 track, but records and plays back in 4 track. Never heard a good 2 track tape on it yet. Bought an old tails out studio master, but the oxide is shedding of so bad it clogged my machine up.
"Oh boy", "oh man". Can you do head to head comparison Master Tape Copy vs LP of selected track from THE WALL ? I have listened to your comparison of TDSOTM and I could hear the difference. I would like to hear your "Oh boy, oh man" of the Wall too. If you dont mind.
Sungguh barang langka dan anda mempunyai beberapa koleksi tape reel to reel. Dulu sekitar tahun 70an saya penggemar tape reel dan ada beberapa koleksi Sayangnya musnah karna tragedi kebakaran.
WOW! Guido you have great valuable tapes and they are so many! And let me ask - are you sure that they still kept the quality? Over time, they demagnetized, especially if they are not well lubricated. Have you lubricated your tapes well to store and preserve them well? I think that somewhere on the Internet I read that for conservation and preservation of tapes it is good to preserve and lubricate with Кontact 61 in order to better preserve their quality. And also don't you think it's a good idea to digitize them while they're still in good shape. There are new great quality formats for digitialization, for example in audio blue ray or flash drive?
Eheh! I think you saw Lucky's post of my video on cassette lubrication. In any case, if it's a medium temperature and dry environment you're good. Obviously you can alway do better. Lube is needed only when very very dry, quite rare. On cassettes is much more often.
That's one of the things interesting about "physical media" , the stories! You don't get that with low quality "air (streaming) music"! And yes, I know there's high quality streaming also, but the stories of how there bought aren't there!
Very interesting. You have done well. I definitely bought it too. Thank you for sharing this person with us. I really enjoyed it. And there are toppers among them, great. Always beautiful for the collection. We love music and equipment. But most important is the music. Love it ✌😉
Gerard Stroh** Hi Anadialog*** Great job** Alot of People don't know how good the sound is on A pro Reel to Reel master tape Deck Made By Studer or Ampex or Otari or Teac or Tascam**** All of my Reel to Reel tape Machines in My Front Room Sound Awesome and Must be 2 track at 15ips**** Great Jobe Anadialog****
Well, once you hear and learn how a true master tape copy sounds there is no doubt. If you can't distinguish it from a SACD then it's better to buy that!
Hello, just found your channel.. This is awesome!! I finally found my fathers Reel to Reel recordings and when I opened them most of them have white mold all over them.. can they be saved or are they just trash now... there are about 50 of them..Thanks for sharing this video.. It is great
Mold is very bad and if on the recording side it can cancel it. If these are vital to you, you must contact professionals fpr restoration. Sorry about that.
@@anadialog most of the tape area has white stuff on them so I am thinking it is the mold cause they were not stored good after he passed.. I had seen on some UA-cam channel where you could use a rag and vinegar I think it was but I am to scared to do it if it is mold..
Thanks for making this video! Your channel is going to cost me a lot of money! Lol, now I'm looking for an RT-909 Any recommendations? Revox? Technics ?
Yes, be careful it will drain rapidly all your resources! ;-) For some recommendations check this video, at the end I go through some of the best 2 track machines: ua-cam.com/video/2FmJnYmHOcA/v-deo.html In any case a good, serviced top of the line Revox or Technics are obviously excellent choices.
Don't miss out an absolute winner in sound Tandberg TD-20A. 2track or 4track - both sounding fantastic! Consumer decks. Profeccional side is different Studer, Telefunken, Otari, Stellavox, Lyrec are there.
@@anadialog For $450.00 you'd expect them to be outstanding. Another UA-cam Channeller purchased one of the compilation tapes that was a bit cheaper (I think) and was very impressed with it
Hello, I have seen two of your videos recently and I loved them. But, apart from the content that is very entertaining, I want to ask you where are you from? because your pronunciation of English is very clear and it is understood very well. I am from Santiago de Chile, in the south of the world, South America. You pronounce Spanish names very well and your English is excellent although it is not my native language. For this I want to tell you that I congratulate you for how you communicate your content, thank you very much.
You the best bro like your equipment I envy you bro you talk about good stuff very interested like your video all of them you talk about good old school equipment like your collection too 👍😎
Really nice collection. But I am wondering... Do you don't have your own recordings? An oncle of mine has a reel to reel and I loved to listen to their recorded music for hours. RtR sound great but they are Al's the most attractive players. It's a pleasure to see them while you listen the music. I would like a digital player that simulate a RtR in my TV 😉
I often search for well known brands of audio equipment with the wrong spelling on purpose, that's how I found an eico ST-70 for 200$ a few years ago. I typed echo ST-70 instead and it shown up.
@ANA[DIA]LOG Hi, what do you think of all those R2R rips shared on some P2P sites (absolutely for free) and declared as sourced from production master copies of the original studio master ? You know... the story is always the same... "I know a guy who works/worked at local division of EMII/Virgini/Decka that gave me this rip of LZ IV... TDSOTM etc etc blah blah" Do you think is there at least one of them that is for real ? Thks for your opinion ;-)
Boring? Dude, are you nut's? Cassettes are boring. This, on the other hand, is as cool and interesting as it gets. Man, you got some awesome stuff there.
Guido dai caro, Abey Road copy from the original, the master of abbey road must be locked up in a vault somewhere on the planet since the 60's, your copy I have no doubt sounds good ma dai Guido dai caro.
I explained the road map of my copy, obviously I can't be sure 100% but tye sound is something I never heard on any version. Top UK producer made a copy for him. Did a copy also for his best friend. That was used to make my copy. You have no idea how many people in the industry make copies for them and friends from masters and safety masters. It is much more accessible than you think.
Lots of types, colors and other gadgets here: teespring.com/it/ana-dia-log-tape-reels-black?view_as=EUR¤cy=EUR&country=IT&tsmac=google&tsmic=youtube&pid=389&cid=100022&YT-ACRcEUoMtr15FlGJJISQ-ebX1lMmxltnFWSXWxW9IXmPGblSLmQql3T1Ps13ufGEmAIQjarFUzqGUBWTKEiJX61NIhzSbtuwHRhJ70k2Uoi9DZAwBcavNfDNeSc0BE4aqS53qZ7qK_ju1HpOW1PFA4HOoD0qCIh4rK8buflTCQeaOuSxXnKf49_ja45SwN2tu_IVOZ6YLCdmjKE5wyBMYNg33sBYj4LrA6Sg4w%3D%3D
And you'll then fall down the rabbit hole... If you want to record on them, you better have deep pockets. New blank quality master tapes are very expensive. I own 2 quality reel to reels that just sit & collect dust now days. They look cool & the recordings sound great, but the cost & maintenance of keeping vintage reel to reels up to par just killed the love for me sadly. Just a pain at 65 years old. I just want things to be easy. Maybe later today though I'll fire one up for the 4th & blast the walls out.
@@hippydippy I agree with the cost of maintenance also tapes of rock music are very expensive so you have to have lots of money. I also own several rtr's and mostly i just do recordings of records and CD's that i have.
@@hippydippy I agree with the cost of maintenance also tapes of rock music are very expensive so you have to have lots of money. I also own several rtr's and mostly i just do recordings of records and CD's that i have.
I'm the annoying guy bringing up the 30 ips no bass problem! I'd like to know what's different with that tape as I'd LIKE to be proved WRONG. Why? Because a band recording digitally means they end up giving their music away for free. Something successfully recorded at 30 ips (or direct cut vinyl) makes a download obsolete, and bands can start making money again. If we can know the details of what equipment they used, eq settings, etc, we can move past the 40 hz problem, and get back to proper recording btw. Chasing the Dragon sell 15 ips tapes made from their 30 ips recordings- too bad I'm not a classical guy
You are not annoying and you are certainly not the only one that claims this, I always heard this actually but I get the feeling that a lot of people say it because they heard about it. I am talking on my experience and as I said I am sure that in some cases that may occur. Unfortunately I have no idea how those kirios tapes where recorded, even those are classical music.
@@anadialog Have you ever recorded a band with your player? I'd happily buy a tape for you. I want do this in the future (when I have more money for a player) so I'd like to see how things turn out- particularly if the bass player tunes lower than E. I have a theory that below 40 hz the frequencies don't disappear, they just get really quiet. My hope is that you can boost the volume of the low frequencies,, and they do actually show up on the recording
@@anadialog I've always contemplated plugging in to the sound desk of a live venue. You're relying on their set up, but if you went to a lot of places you could probably find out which places have a good sound. I suppose there is also the question of how big your player is. (back to the 40 hz thing) If you have some blank tape, you could just feed a bunch of bass heavy music into it and see if it records properly. No one seems to have actually made a video on this yet. If it works it could encourage a lot of bands to go analogue
I don't understand...are you referring to the generi box in which my copy is stored? Or did you really think that I have the original emitapes...🤔 Of course they are all copies of copies. I have a few original working copies better than that, but that's it.
Good grief.... Digital is a mistake? I'm glad you redeemed yourself by admitting that it's good for archiving. It is the best way of archiving analogue mediums.
If they already have problems and THEN you put them in plastic bags, it is dangerous, otherwise this is the correct way to isolated them from humidity.
@@anadialog I must politely disagree. Plastic gives off gasses as it degrades (as well as the tape itself) and they get trapped inside. Nice collection though. Long may it live!
Would you be interested in selling some of the tapes you said you would not buy or to buy get back to me please asap 💓 I would like to get them if available to buy
Listen carefully to what I say in the video. I did not say they are all master tapes, mainly safety copies, production copies, fried copies and obviously copies of copies.
Really need to be clear when you say master tapes, it means actual master tapes. The very first tape after the mixing copy. Which nobody has because they are locked up in a vault. It then becomes a game of how many generations away you can get from the true master tapes. And how good the condition is. That's why I practice Digital is sooooo much better. Because they will be making rips of true master tapes. Something nobody will in any practical way will ever be privy too. And even if you did, every time you play it degrades a little bit every time. Every copy looses 3db of sensitivity, dynamic range, increased noise etc. Even a high quality tape is at best 3rd generation, safety copy, production copy, your copy. You are loosing 9db. Or more than half the sensitivity. That's way worse than any preconceived notion of Digital being inferior. Copies of tape should be made from high-quality studio rips of tape for the most consistent reproduction and highest quality. With a digital rip, you don't loose that 3db of sensitivity. It's as close as possible to playing the actual master tapes to your speakers. And then they can restore and fix issues with these aging tapes. So you bring them back to their undamaged glory. Something you cannot do with anolog copies. What you call "CD" quality is how much deviation there is from your tape to the master. What you call better is all the anolog distortion thats incured from 3 or 4 copies of production.
I have a few REAL master tapes, no, not production copies, also one of a famous album. I am going to do a video on it in the future. For the topic I recently did a complete video here: ua-cam.com/video/gyHZc0Zm_Gk/v-deo.htmlsi=7ybUg8Ewgvoj-jOe
@anadialog I've watched it already. You might have some real master tapes. Which personally is still find highly dubious, but I digress. You use the word master tapes a LOT just to describe high-quality studio level copies. Which are not master tapes. I do enjoy your vids, but it's really doing a disservice to this wonderful hobby repeated calling copies a master tape.
well, most actual 1st source masters themselves are in some form sound-museums or similar level fort knox vault lockdown (or in the hands of j. paul gettys bastard great-grandaughters or some such)
@@georgebarrett2132 I'm with you 100% here. I have a couple of copies of master tapes ($450) and they sound SHOCKINGLY good (noticeably better than my DSD versions). Can you imagine how the ORIGINAL tapes sounded like, when played on one of the $50,000 + Ampex or Studer decks?
@@jn3750 > yes, just 2nd, 3rd, even well executed 4th plus generations offer astounding differences. was there when Villchur, Hoffman, Kloss and others of the ilk were doing live demos in the street's of "The Square".. ...there later appeared reps of a man from Florida who had begun modding pro amps/consoles and then Ampex 300-350s to be quieter and with less fuss....Harden was his name, and this particular machine of his own co. (MCI), a JH 2" multi track reel....but....even it being of the "later" generation he had decided to revert to full tube electronics....and the front end was lifted directly from the machine I wrote Guido about here. well, there we were reading their specs...the flowers a'bloom and even with the tail swaying by, we..???...just looking at each other...shaking our heads, "no, no, these must be typos....NO way!" "you are correct, we aren't being "fully" transparent." said one, winking(!) then the demos....Eagles, Orbison, Queen, Kraftwerk, (add. Zeppelin, AC-DC), Clapton....Tangerine Dream... ..awe, man, as you said "SHOCKINGLY", a reality's dream. a 1st order (correctly engineered) master reel is something every good child should hear in their lifetime
@@georgebarrett2132 I wonder what happened to MCI and if their machines were as good as other professional grade decks. Countless famous artists had recorded their performances on one of the MCI machines. They are very hard to find these days and cost an arm and a leg even for beat up machines.
@@jn3750 > yes they set an unbelievable new standard then and for quite a time on. most of their ensuing gear were tranzistored, consequentially designed for the digital era, and widely considered the industry's cat's meow. they were eventually bought by an american international audio giant. Harman(?.. or perhaps Emerson?) I believe, and currently under an asian conglomerate's ownership after in turn buying that american umbrella with it's mutitude of initially independant U.S. sound companys. that would be Samsung...?...if I'm not mistaken
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Can you make a video showing your collection of commercially released 7 ½ ips and 3 ¾ ips reel to reel tapes?
Sure! If you get 30 likes I will! ;-)
@@anadialog Did you do?
Is it this?
ua-cam.com/video/5XQEdSEME9g/v-deo.html
@@robfriedrich2822 I’m interested too
Yes he did a vid on this topic
ua-cam.com/video/5XQEdSEME9g/v-deo.html
Wov !!! What a lucky man you are.... Reel to reel tapes of The Wall and The Dark Side of The Moon....
I bet those where very expensive,lots of $$$$$
If there copies there not master tapes any more what is this guy talking about
Then, master tape will be only one in the world.
I have two similar tapes, created by a former studio engineer, which are "Meddle", and "Dark Side Of The Moon", both by Pink Floyd. They (supposedly) came from low-generation safety copies, and sound better than any other commercially-available vinyl copies of the same albums in my collection. I generally use a Teac X-1000R deck for playback.
Thank you for an interesting video. I have been recording on analogue tape since the late 1990s, when I started recording some concerts and dress rehearsals for the Hong Kong Philharmonic. A digital recording was what they wanted, but we added two Nagra IV-S as "back ups". The classic Decca tree technique was used, and all the tracks mixed in real time before going to the recorders. So, I have a pretty good idea what master tapes should sound like. When the Tape Project started to come out with tapes, I was one of their first subscribed, getting their first series (10 tapes) for $2000. I was really most interested in the two Decca titles that Winston Ma managed to negotiate for them. Decca has never allowed any of their master tapes to be released on tape ever since. I do agree that Saxophone Colossus was a bit disappointing, but Waltz for Debbie is excellent. For the two Decca titles, the Hindemith VC/Bruch Scottish Fantasy is better than the Albeniz, both being celebrated Decca classics. The two Reference Recordings titles are astounding, and as my set up improves over the years, I find them more and more amazing.
For the grey market master tape copies, one really needs to trust the seller. In my case, I have a contact who used to work at Melodiya in St Petersburg, who is doing his own thing now. I asked him to try and copy the three Tchaikovsky Symphonies DGG did for Mravinsky, and he managed to convince an ex-colleague to do it. I love those performances, and I want to try and find the best recording for them. The original DGG LPs were decent but not up to Decca standard. The CD releases are disasters. After several weeks, I got word that they would do it. I put these tapes on right after I received them, and boy, they just blew me away. They brought tears to my eyes. My impression that DGG was not as good as Decca is wrong, at least during the 1950s and 60s. They only started to do these multi-mike recordings in the 1970s, and before that, they were doing minimal miked recordings in great venues such as the Jesus Christ Church. Their original LP mastering (at Emil Berliner studios) probably did not do them justice. Another point is, the Melodiya archives is a treasure trove, since they had incredible artists during the Soviet era, and they also produced LPs for EMI for the Soviet market. You can find master tapes of some of the most coveted EMI recordings (Oistrahk, Kogan etc.) there. It is only a matter of getting access to them !
Thanks for your interesting comment. I am very envious of you Tape Poject tapes! Wow! Can you contact me privately at anadialog@yahoo.com?
Thank you for that video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. You are a great collector as well as a good enthusiast. Your presentation skills are excellent. Love your videos. Ciao
Hi, Guido. I really enjoyed this video. I wish I could afford such tapes myself!
The issue with 30 IPS tapes having "no bass" (12:13) is somewhat overblown. It's not that they have "no bass," it's that the bass rolloff frequency becomes unacceptably high. The problem with reproducing bass at such a high tape speed is that the wavelengths of low frequencies (on the tape) become comparable to or even longer than the width of the poles of the playback head, and the result is that the low frequencies partially cancel themselves out on playback. I'll have to do a video about this sometime. I have a video in the works about open-reel tape now, and perhaps it could become a series.
In any case, bass on analog tapes is always a bit of a problem due to "head bumps," which cause variations in the level of the reproduced bass, depending on tape speed and head design, and once you get to 30 IPS, the problem is exacerbated so much that the high tape speed begins to define the limits of how low the bass can go. Playback LF equalization can help, but only so much. And you can't fix it on the record side because (1) it's a playback machine problem, different for each type of machine, and, (2) you'd quickly overload the tape at low frequencies if you pre-emphasized the bass too much.
Not really, It depends of a quality of the tape and the strength of magnetic field of the recording head. Higher speed is higher dynamics and resolution
I had a reel to reel tape machine for Christmas 1970 it was a fidelity 4 track mono machine . I had great fun with it recording the top 40 on Sunday nights. Most people had cassette recorders, shoe box size not really made for music. A friend of mine heard me playing a recording and thought that it was the radio, bit of an insult but showed the huge difference between reel to reel and the cassette of the day .
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15:55 2.000$ dollars cost only any one album from eight albums Master Tapes from Japan studio "Three Blind Mice" true "The Holy Grail" in vintage Master Tapes world , I'm catching one "Misty" album (200 pieces) . Every cool collector wanted .
Sir, you are right saying Brothers In Arms album by Dire Straits is SUPPOSEDLY as they claim is full DDD.
(They) Warner Bros, which made this release, claimed it was full DDD due to the popularity of new audio standard those years.
And now what is really true? We got a copy of this master tape. And checking diagnosis with a special studio recording software
it was actually DAD and DAA (in case with a vinyl release). I never liked sonics of both releases, i.e. CD and vinyl
due to their restrained, squeezed sonic character but when I heard the master tape copy I completely changed my mind.
It's "Oh, boy! Oh, mama!". You name it.
Yes, the album was recorded digitally, that is D, then edited by an analogue studio tape deck due to the fact digital editing was ultraexpensive in 1985.
And we'll get soon a copy of Dire Straits album (Sultans of Swing) (1978), their first and my favorute DS album. Luckily it's all AAA.
Ummm.... No. In '85 DASH recorders were available (DASH = Digital Audio Stationary Head), and these digital tapes were edited with razor blade and splicing tape, just like analog tape. These first DASH machines actually predate CD's by a couple of years. Sony made 24-track digital machines that recorded 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz sample rates at 16 bits deep, and then in 1997 released an improved machine (The PCM-3348HR) that could take one of the existing 24-track tapes and add ANOTHER 24 tracks to it! On half-inch tape! And at 24-bits! There was also a quarter-inch two-track master recorder, all editable with razor blade and splicing tape. Amazing technology.
As for the tape Guido has, it's probably a production master for cassettes or vinyl, or perhaps just an analog safety copy. But I assure you, the CD's were fully digital releases.
I only own three open reel tapes. The most common one is Lionel Richie's Can't Slow Down (most audiophiles in my neighbirhood owns one). Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet and the only one where there are interested buyers is the Star Wars soundtrack with Zubin Mehta conducting the LAPO (because it is at 7 1/2 ips?).
You'll have to do a video of professional magnetic tapes that do hold up versus go bad with vinegar syndrome (which is also a problem with acetate photochemical movie film) and the good and bad eras of a given brand. I bet it is different than that of consumer cassette tapes. Also, do you like chrome and metal tape, even though they do not and cannot make them anymore? As a bonus, your thoughts on AGFA Magnetite 12, which was a big quality bomb. Thanks for another excellent video!
Indeed, I love this topic. We were hoping to develop this and other related topics but we are having some problems in our Tape Dialog podcast
@@anadialog Great. I can add ideas and details if you wish. Maybe we can exchange ideas closer to the time you do that.
Wouldn't it be great if Impex, Mofi & Speaker's Corner released reels of the titles they offer? Analogue Productions is doing this but it's taking a long time. Tape Project hasn't released anything for a while now. I would like to see the "Analogue Resurgence"!
+1 would be great to see RTR tape sales increase so those labels may enjoy economies of scale and offer better prices, unfortunately bit of a chicken & egg situation
Felicitaciones Guido!! Un abrazo, desde Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
Thanks Pablo!
Agfa is a very good quality of tape and movies, for history nerds, the footage of the furher filmed in color at the berghauf by Eva Braun were filmed of Agfa color 16mm movie reels and even after 70 years or so, the colors were still very well preserved.
Have 3 Revox, a77, b77 and PR99, love it and I would like to have so much a master tape! Never Found
Just the person I was looking for! What would you recommend Rt-909 or Revox ( thinks both lol )
Revox all the way ..
Late to this party. I have a Staples Singers album off the Tape Project that's pretty good. Gentle Ben Ultratape (Ben Webster) from Analogue Productions is spectacular. I also have probably a dub of a dub of Hard Day's Night-- what's interesting about it is that someone went through the trouble of splicing leader between the tracks. It sounds good, for sure, but I can't imagine it's anywhere near original. It's definitely cool though. I buy a lot off ebay and I have visions of someone dubbing their CD collection in a basement somewhere. But I didn't pay much more than what the cost of 2 reels of new tape would be. Unless it's from Analogue or a reputable dealer, there's just no way to be 100% certain.
Greetings from Hamburg 🇩🇪nice Video👍👍👍
"Digital is a huge mistake in humanity" !! You are 100 percent RIGHT!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😎😎
I love that statement too, though the use of the word "mistake" might be a little harsh. Everything has it's beginning, and who knows; Maybe one day digital will evolve into something reminiscent of hifi. Until then thank God for R2R.
@@TheSoundrookie hifi video ain't bad either.😎😎
@@kawmic7 You're right about that. I used it for a while back in the 90's. The only issue I encountered was the tapes getting a fluttering sound after a while, when played often.
@@TheSoundrookie It's a pause issue. Just get a pro machine.
@@kawmic7 Hey Mate.
Used Panasonic top models. I can't see how pause should be involved, but never mind. As you know I went R2R and I'm not going back.
Stay safe.
Great video.. thanks so much for sharing. Is there anyway you can share where you got the Pink Floyd The Wall and the Beatles Abbey Road reels? I’m always a bit leery when I buy so called master tapes.
Great collection! I have a few of the IPI, and I agree on price and overall quality. I also have the Tape Project Sonny Rollins, and find it sounds really, really good. Maybe it’s my Ampex vs. your telefunken gear, or just personal preference? The AP Ultra Tape may have slightly better packaging than tape project even.
One thing I’ve learned the hard way, test tones make a HUGE difference,. If you can align your machine to the same setup as the machine the dubs were made on, it’s a tremendous improvement in sound quality.
Cheers and please do more master tape videos :]
Yes, you are right on the tones!
ooh, you got my attention with "the wall"!😛
I have a huge collection of prerecorded reels and am wondering if you recommend baking them. They date back to the late 60s. Have you baked any of yours?
Thanks
Pat
Baking them weakens them. You usually bake if there is sticky shed syndrome or simply if the binder is unstable and you make one last passage to duplicate or convert to digital.
Any Ampex low noise tape including 406 and 456 suffer from sticky shed syndrome. I have never had problems with 3M Scotch, Japanese, Agfa or BASF tapes
I bought a lot of reel to reel tapes off E-bay! I really love my two Reel to Reel tape decks! If I had room, I would have at least 3 or 4 more of them!
Me too!
Any preferred Ebay retailers out there? 😁
@@itayashkenazy2895 I've had good luck with all my E-bay purchases! @Pioneer & Teac reel to reel decks, Marantz receiver, Kenwood Turntable, Pioneer speakers, I just make sure they have a high number of good feedback!
@@anadialog Did you buy all yout tapes of ebay? Or are there other sites?
Thank you
Mainly from a guy who sold his collection, the architect I mentioned. The rest eBay or other hifi sites, which are very risky with no protection.
hi have seen alot of master tape over the years u do bake them and sometime heavy bake is not needed all the time
ampex 406 407 i had to bake them zonal agfa basf no need to bake them
baking will need good vents big time of not do your head in if you don't
Indeed!
The Pink Floyd copies are just fascinating
I’ve got some 15ips tapes from Analogy records in Italy. There very impressive.
Wow- you certainly have some amazing tapes there- very interesting. All i have are a factory copy of "Help" and one of " A Hard Days Night" - only small reels. Picked up a Louis Armstrong album today for £1. That is all the R2R tapes i have- i have three R2R machines and all are currently not working. Perhaps i should pay more attention to tape ( i collect cassettes mind you). Have you ever done any copies of your tapes onto either CD or DVD in the past? Please keep up the interesting videos. Best wishes from the UK.
I have a vinyl cutting master of Beatles Please Please Me I bought from eBay. Still a VCM tape, but the best sound I ever heard. Original VCM EQ sheets.
Hi, great job again !!
I live in Vietnam and here we can find a lot of reel to reel, mostly Teac and Akai. Have you any recommendations on models from these brands? Then, could you share some links whee ro buy good tapes? Not sure it will survive to the customs scans??
Thanks! I don't have reccomendations for those brands unfortunately. Here are some tips for the tapes: ua-cam.com/video/gLHcFuhWdLI/v-deo.html
@@anadialog Thank you 🙏
IF I had a Reel To Reel, I’d like to get the Original Mixes for REO Speedwagon’s “Ridin’ The Storm Out”….with Kevin Cronin on lead vocals instead of Mike Murphy…just to hear the album as it should have sounded.
nice collection man! Congrats!
Where do you buy your high quality reel to reel tapes
Right here: ua-cam.com/video/gLHcFuhWdLI/v-deo.html
2:20 Exactly! Baloney Sandwiches! Lol Italians... always thinking of their beloved Bolognese foods, even when talking about tapes! 😜
6:42 I don't have any R2R tapes so I'm not knowledgeable about it, but that looks quite misleading!
11:03 How about posting a rip of that master tape for us to hear? I'm definitely kinda curious! 😉
Could be!
@@anadialog Would be highly appreciated! 😁
Good stuff ! Very interesting !***
Are those 2 track masters at 15 IPS (38cm)? I have a Technics 1506 that can only play back 2 track, but records and plays back in 4 track. Never heard a good 2 track tape on it yet. Bought an old tails out studio master, but the oxide is shedding of so bad it clogged my machine up.
Yup, all 1/4" 2 track 15ips (I showed only 2 that were 30ips). Find a good copy on ebay and don't pay it more than 200/250$.
Just inherited a reel to reel yesterday. On here doing my homework
What model Studer do you have?
A810
@@anadialog If you have an extra one, I'll pay the shipping!!!
"Oh boy", "oh man". Can you do head to head comparison Master Tape Copy vs LP of selected track from THE WALL ? I have listened to your comparison of TDSOTM and I could hear the difference. I would like to hear your "Oh boy, oh man" of the Wall too. If you dont mind.
It's on the list!
Sungguh barang langka dan anda mempunyai beberapa koleksi tape reel to reel. Dulu sekitar tahun 70an saya penggemar tape reel dan ada beberapa koleksi Sayangnya musnah karna tragedi kebakaran.
WOW! Guido you have great valuable tapes and they are so many! And let me ask - are you sure that they still kept the quality? Over time, they demagnetized, especially if they are not well lubricated. Have you lubricated your tapes well to store and preserve them well? I think that somewhere on the Internet I read that for conservation and preservation of tapes it is good to preserve and lubricate with Кontact 61 in order to better preserve their quality.
And also don't you think it's a good idea to digitize them while they're still in good shape. There are new great quality formats for digitialization, for example in audio blue ray or flash drive?
Eheh! I think you saw Lucky's post of my video on cassette lubrication. In any case, if it's a medium temperature and dry environment you're good. Obviously you can alway do better. Lube is needed only when very very dry, quite rare. On cassettes is much more often.
That's one of the things interesting about "physical media" , the stories! You don't get that with low quality "air (streaming) music"! And yes, I know there's high quality streaming also, but the stories of how there bought aren't there!
So true!
The Tape Project the pioneer of commercial releases
Please make more video covering RTR
i enjoy your videos,, thanks man!!!
Very interesting. You have done well. I definitely bought it too. Thank you for sharing this person with us. I really enjoyed it. And there are toppers among them, great. Always beautiful for the collection. We love music and equipment. But most important is the music. Love it ✌😉
Gerard Stroh**
Hi Anadialog***
Great job**
Alot of People don't know how good the sound is on A pro Reel to Reel master tape Deck Made By Studer or Ampex or Otari or Teac or Tascam****
All of my Reel to Reel tape Machines in My Front Room Sound Awesome and Must be 2 track at 15ips**** Great Jobe Anadialog****
Jesus, I would love to have even just copies of those tapes
Id be worried about scams. How would you know you’re not listening to copy made from a SACD. CD FLAC etc etc.?
Well, once you hear and learn how a true master tape copy sounds there is no doubt. If you can't distinguish it from a SACD then it's better to buy that!
Have you ever hear any Analog Productions master copies? Any thoughts?
I purchased the Norah Jones tape recently and the sonics are excellent!
Hello, just found your channel.. This is awesome!! I finally found my fathers Reel to Reel recordings and when I opened them most of them have white mold all over them.. can they be saved or are they just trash now... there are about 50 of them..Thanks for sharing this video.. It is great
Mold is very bad and if on the recording side it can cancel it. If these are vital to you, you must contact professionals fpr restoration. Sorry about that.
@@anadialog most of the tape area has white stuff on them so I am thinking it is the mold cause they were not stored good after he passed.. I had seen on some UA-cam channel where you could use a rag and vinegar I think it was but I am to scared to do it if it is mold..
Thanks for making this video! Your channel is going to cost me a lot of money! Lol, now I'm looking for an RT-909
Any recommendations? Revox? Technics ?
Yes, be careful it will drain rapidly all your resources! ;-)
For some recommendations check this video, at the end I go through some of the best 2 track machines: ua-cam.com/video/2FmJnYmHOcA/v-deo.html
In any case a good, serviced top of the line Revox or Technics are obviously excellent choices.
Don't miss out an absolute winner in sound Tandberg TD-20A. 2track or 4track - both sounding fantastic! Consumer decks. Profeccional side is different Studer, Telefunken, Otari, Stellavox, Lyrec are there.
Otaris are the best bang for your buck. Studio machines that are plentiful with parts. Buy an overhauled one
Did you ever buy any of the Acoustic Sounds UHQ tapes?
Nope, too expensive, but a friend of mine copied a part for me of the Ben Webster tape...very dissapointing IMO.
@@anadialog For $450.00 you'd expect them to be outstanding. Another UA-cam Channeller purchased one of the compilation tapes that was a bit cheaper (I think) and was very impressed with it
You can find even better or at least very similar quality copies on ebay for half the price, just need to wait...
Hello, I have seen two of your videos recently and I loved them. But, apart from the content that is very entertaining, I want to ask you where are you from? because your pronunciation of English is very clear and it is understood very well. I am from Santiago de Chile, in the south of the world, South America. You pronounce Spanish names very well and your English is excellent although it is not my native language. For this I want to tell you that I congratulate you for how you communicate your content, thank you very much.
Thank you so much! I am mainly Italian, and my mother was from the US.
1:08 What program did you use to make that?
Online platforms...I don't remember where
Bro where is your native place
Italy
You the best bro like your equipment I envy you bro you talk about good stuff very interested like your video all of them you talk about good old school equipment like your collection too 👍😎
Got some 15ips to DSD 256 titles. Wow! Sold my Teac X20r years ago :(
Sorry if I missed when you mentioned, but what is the architect?
A guy who sold me his collection for nothing!
Wtf!!! Are those real reel master tapes? Are those the ones sent by the record company to the pressing plants? Gonna watch your video now! Very cool 😎
Only a few. The rest are copies!
Really nice collection.
But I am wondering... Do you don't have your own recordings?
An oncle of mine has a reel to reel and I loved to listen to their recorded music for hours.
RtR sound great but they are Al's the most attractive players.
It's a pleasure to see them while you listen the music.
I would like a digital player that simulate a RtR in my TV 😉
True...I do have a recording itch, maybe one day I will scratch it!
I don't have any master tapes just a couple of prerecorded tapes and several blank tapes.
Jugoton not a master tape, simply safe copy for vinyl pressing ;)
Clearly Jugoton didn't record that tape. Master tape is a generic phrase as we all know. The one I have is a production copy aka working copy.
If they are copies of copies there not master tapes
I often search for well known brands of audio equipment with the wrong spelling on purpose, that's how I found an eico ST-70 for 200$ a few years ago. I typed echo ST-70 instead and it shown up.
Good job!!! ;-)
@ANA[DIA]LOG Hi, what do you think of all those R2R rips shared on some P2P sites (absolutely for free) and declared as sourced from production master copies of the original studio master ? You know... the story is always the same... "I know a guy who works/worked at local division of EMII/Virgini/Decka that gave me this rip of LZ IV... TDSOTM etc etc blah blah" Do you think is there at least one of them that is for real ? Thks for your opinion ;-)
I have no idea, and it's difficult to establish apart from the quality of sonics...as for me I just can't stand files...
could you ask around if any have Connie Francis ...?
1st step buy a expensive 10" 15ips R2R , 2nd step pay big $$$$$ for original tapes... then store them and never play them for fear of ruining them...
Boring? Dude, are you nut's? Cassettes are boring. This, on the other hand, is as cool and interesting as it gets. Man, you got some awesome stuff there.
Guido dai caro, Abey Road copy from the original, the master of abbey road must be locked up in a vault somewhere on the planet since the 60's, your copy I have no doubt sounds good ma dai Guido dai caro.
I explained the road map of my copy, obviously I can't be sure 100% but tye sound is something I never heard on any version. Top UK producer made a copy for him. Did a copy also for his best friend. That was used to make my copy. You have no idea how many people in the industry make copies for them and friends from masters and safety masters. It is much more accessible than you think.
Grazie per la risposta sei fortunato. I would love to hear it. Ciao from Canada.
These records are more valuable than money
Tape Project, good information , sad to hear!
I want one of those T-shirt’s please?
Lots of types, colors and other gadgets here: teespring.com/it/ana-dia-log-tape-reels-black?view_as=EUR¤cy=EUR&country=IT&tsmac=google&tsmic=youtube&pid=389&cid=100022&YT-ACRcEUoMtr15FlGJJISQ-ebX1lMmxltnFWSXWxW9IXmPGblSLmQql3T1Ps13ufGEmAIQjarFUzqGUBWTKEiJX61NIhzSbtuwHRhJ70k2Uoi9DZAwBcavNfDNeSc0BE4aqS53qZ7qK_ju1HpOW1PFA4HOoD0qCIh4rK8buflTCQeaOuSxXnKf49_ja45SwN2tu_IVOZ6YLCdmjKE5wyBMYNg33sBYj4LrA6Sg4w%3D%3D
One day I will own a reel to reel….
And you'll then fall down the rabbit hole... If you want to record on them, you better have deep pockets. New blank quality master tapes are very expensive. I own 2 quality reel to reels that just sit & collect dust now days. They look cool & the recordings sound great, but the cost & maintenance of keeping vintage reel to reels up to par just killed the love for me sadly. Just a pain at 65 years old. I just want things to be easy. Maybe later today though I'll fire one up for the 4th & blast the walls out.
@@hippydippy I agree with the cost of maintenance also tapes of rock music are very expensive so you have to have lots of money.
I also own several rtr's and mostly i just do recordings of records and CD's that i have.
@@hippydippy I agree with the cost of maintenance also tapes of rock music are very expensive so you have to have lots of money.
I also own several rtr's and mostly i just do recordings of records and CD's that i have.
I’m constantly falling down the rabbit hole when it comes to audio gear 😂
I would take Aqualung for sure.
I'm the annoying guy bringing up the 30 ips no bass problem! I'd like to know what's different with that tape as I'd LIKE to be proved WRONG. Why? Because a band recording digitally means they end up giving their music away for free. Something successfully recorded at 30 ips (or direct cut vinyl) makes a download obsolete, and bands can start making money again. If we can know the details of what equipment they used, eq settings, etc, we can move past the 40 hz problem, and get back to proper recording
btw. Chasing the Dragon sell 15 ips tapes made from their 30 ips recordings- too bad I'm not a classical guy
You are not annoying and you are certainly not the only one that claims this, I always heard this actually but I get the feeling that a lot of people say it because they heard about it. I am talking on my experience and as I said I am sure that in some cases that may occur. Unfortunately I have no idea how those kirios tapes where recorded, even those are classical music.
@@anadialog Have you ever recorded a band with your player? I'd happily buy a tape for you. I want do this in the future (when I have more money for a player) so I'd like to see how things turn out- particularly if the bass player tunes lower than E. I have a theory that below 40 hz the frequencies don't disappear, they just get really quiet. My hope is that you can boost the volume of the low frequencies,, and they do actually show up on the recording
I haven't, need good mics a mixer or better a multitrack recorder, which I don't have.
@@anadialog I've always contemplated plugging in to the sound desk of a live venue. You're relying on their set up, but if you went to a lot of places you could probably find out which places have a good sound. I suppose there is also the question of how big your player is. (back to the 40 hz thing) If you have some blank tape, you could just feed a bunch of bass heavy music into it and see if it records properly. No one seems to have actually made a video on this yet. If it works it could encourage a lot of bands to go analogue
Hi there!
Where are you from?
Italy!
@@anadialog
Cool!
Please replay me in the fb messenger.
And just recording into my 15 year old digital 8 video camera via analog inputs would probably result in better recordings.
Grande.
WHAT?!?! no Queen?!?!
The Beatles recorded their albums on Emitape not Emtec, so this would be a copy of a copy and so on………😊
I don't understand...are you referring to the generi box in which my copy is stored? Or did you really think that I have the original emitapes...🤔 Of course they are all copies of copies. I have a few original working copies better than that, but that's it.
Good grief.... Digital is a mistake? I'm glad you redeemed yourself by admitting that it's good for archiving. It is the best way of archiving analogue mediums.
That foul-smelling tape suffers from nitrocellulose acetate decomposition. This happens to a lot of old acetate disc masters.
Yes as I said it's the vinegar syndrome: www.filmpreservation.org/preservation-basics/vinegar-syndrome
Also, fires ruined the masters 😥😥
Wish I could afford these
Good god man! take the reels out of the plastic bags! Bags create a microclimate that can accelerate decomposition!
If they already have problems and THEN you put them in plastic bags, it is dangerous, otherwise this is the correct way to isolated them from humidity.
@@anadialog I must politely disagree. Plastic gives off gasses as it degrades (as well as the tape itself) and they get trapped inside. Nice collection though. Long may it live!
I'm sick of digital ... just gives headaches 🤕🤕
It’s not Jugton, it’s Jugoton ;)
See, I try to make it sound more US and then of course it's more...Jugoslavian! In Italy we would say Jugoton...hypercorrection! Thx!
@@anadialog I like your channel, subscribed immediately after I watched your video about DSD format, you clarified it completely!
No they are not there all locked away
The sound is crap but at least the boxes and stickers are good.
Would you be interested in selling some of the tapes you said you would not buy or to buy get back to me please asap 💓 I would like to get them if available to buy
Write me an email (address is in the info tab of the channel)
Drool.
I want to meet you
개처량한 세상.. 피 맺히는 음악..ccf
These aren’t master tapes, less than the 1% have the master tapes
Listen carefully to what I say in the video. I did not say they are all master tapes, mainly safety copies, production copies, fried copies and obviously copies of copies.
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Really need to be clear when you say master tapes, it means actual master tapes. The very first tape after the mixing copy. Which nobody has because they are locked up in a vault.
It then becomes a game of how many generations away you can get from the true master tapes. And how good the condition is.
That's why I practice Digital is sooooo much better. Because they will be making rips of true master tapes. Something nobody will in any practical way will ever be privy too. And even if you did, every time you play it degrades a little bit every time.
Every copy looses 3db of sensitivity, dynamic range, increased noise etc. Even a high quality tape is at best 3rd generation, safety copy, production copy, your copy. You are loosing 9db. Or more than half the sensitivity. That's way worse than any preconceived notion of Digital being inferior. Copies of tape should be made from high-quality studio rips of tape for the most consistent reproduction and highest quality. With a digital rip, you don't loose that 3db of sensitivity. It's as close as possible to playing the actual master tapes to your speakers.
And then they can restore and fix issues with these aging tapes. So you bring them back to their undamaged glory. Something you cannot do with anolog copies.
What you call "CD" quality is how much deviation there is from your tape to the master. What you call better is all the anolog distortion thats incured from 3 or 4 copies of production.
I have a few REAL master tapes, no, not production copies, also one of a famous album. I am going to do a video on it in the future. For the topic I recently did a complete video here: ua-cam.com/video/gyHZc0Zm_Gk/v-deo.htmlsi=7ybUg8Ewgvoj-jOe
@anadialog I've watched it already. You might have some real master tapes. Which personally is still find highly dubious, but I digress. You use the word master tapes a LOT just to describe high-quality studio level copies. Which are not master tapes.
I do enjoy your vids, but it's really doing a disservice to this wonderful hobby repeated calling copies a master tape.
You should have titled your video "Copies of Master Tapes " (**). R2R fanboy
well, most actual 1st source masters themselves are in some form sound-museums or similar level fort knox vault lockdown (or in the hands of j. paul gettys bastard great-grandaughters or some such)
@@georgebarrett2132 I'm with you 100% here. I have a couple of copies of master tapes ($450) and they sound SHOCKINGLY good (noticeably better than my DSD versions). Can you imagine how the ORIGINAL tapes sounded like, when played on one of the $50,000 + Ampex or Studer decks?
@@jn3750 > yes, just 2nd, 3rd, even well executed 4th plus generations offer astounding differences.
was there when Villchur, Hoffman, Kloss and others of the ilk were doing live demos in the street's of "The Square"..
...there later appeared reps of a man from Florida who had begun modding pro amps/consoles and then Ampex 300-350s to be quieter and with less fuss....Harden was his name, and this particular machine of his own co. (MCI), a JH 2" multi track reel....but....even it being of the "later" generation he had decided to revert to full tube electronics....and the front end was lifted directly from the machine I wrote Guido about here.
well, there we were reading their specs...the flowers a'bloom and even with the tail swaying by, we..???...just looking at each other...shaking our heads, "no, no, these must be typos....NO way!"
"you are correct, we aren't being "fully" transparent." said one, winking(!)
then the demos....Eagles, Orbison, Queen, Kraftwerk, (add. Zeppelin, AC-DC), Clapton....Tangerine Dream...
..awe, man, as you said "SHOCKINGLY", a reality's dream.
a 1st order (correctly engineered) master reel is something every good child should hear in their lifetime
@@georgebarrett2132 I wonder what happened to MCI and if their machines were as good as other professional grade decks. Countless famous artists had recorded their performances on one of the MCI machines. They are very hard to find these days and cost an arm and a leg even for beat up machines.
@@jn3750 > yes they set an unbelievable new standard then and for quite a time on. most of their ensuing gear were tranzistored, consequentially designed for the digital era, and widely considered the industry's cat's meow. they were eventually bought by an american international audio giant. Harman(?.. or perhaps Emerson?) I believe, and currently under an asian conglomerate's ownership after in turn buying that american umbrella with it's mutitude of initially independant U.S. sound companys. that would be Samsung...?...if I'm not mistaken
1/2 hr talking and didn't play a single song.
Hi there! It's a video on the format, not the music on them. I did play them in other videos dedicated to music.
I'm second