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- From: smee@bristol.ac.uk (Paul Smee)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: How to tape a 1hr long pgm on an analogue tape deck...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.100051.15128@bristol.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 10:00:51 GMT
- References: <1gmk7jINNi1l@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca> <1992Dec17.010713.965@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Reply-To: P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk (Paul Smee)
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- In article <1992Dec17.010713.965@nuscc.nus.sg> law40001@nusunix1.nus.sg (CHENG KWONG WING) writes:
- >I'm not too sure how you're going to solve your problems, but IMHO I
- >myself will not use a tape which is of more than 60 mins capacity.
- >
- >Tapes of more than that length usually have problems of getting stuck
- >eventually in the long run. I would welcome anyone's comments about
- >this though.
-
- Never had that sort of trouble with 90s (which I use almost
- exclusively) and 120s (which I use occasionally). Do buy good-brand
- tapes, though. I have had that sort of problem with cheap tapes,
- regardless of length.
-
- Problem I HAVE had with 120s, though, is that they may stretch
- unevenly, lending a great deal of wow and flutter to the music. Using
- 'fast' moves (FF, rewind, music search) seems to make them stretch
- faster. They're pretty OK if all you want to do is time-shift a
- program, but if you're making a tape that you plan to keep and listen
- to a lot, I'd stay with 90s and below.
-
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