mwigan Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 Ive been doing some historical musicology research on the 40 years of the Melbourne Festival or Organ and Harpsichord with great success (see https://figshare.com/articles/The_contributions_of_the_Melbourne_Festival_of_Organ_and_Harpsichord_and_its_successors_1971-2010/5039301) and as part of this I learned a lot more than I wanted to about analog to digital recovery...(see https://works.bepress.com/mwigan/5/). In support of this intensive 4-year work I managed to purchase appropriate gear for truly excellent A-D (A p2 phonowave) and have had great success with many 1976-85 audiocassettes..this equipment has also proved to be quite outstanding for my large vinyl collection as well..and a lot better than the computer card based systems I tried NOW I have 109 12" and 10" reel to reel original recordings done on an Otari deck.. and need to digitise these.. I dont want to buy an Otari ($$$$), but I would like to collaborate with someone who does to play the non mildewed tapes(they need a different approach) which adds up to about 80, into the phonowave and one of my laptops. A very unobstrusive and simple process Obviously as a long long retired elderly person buying an Otari just for this purpose is not sensible or really likely to be affordable.. so.. can anyone advise or assist? If you want to decide if its worth the effort to assist, loan a machine, or even- if i could afford it- buy one (which would be just for this task only), may I suggest that you scan the the full document above (#32) where it is all laid out as to content significance and details. The only quality check I have on this work to hel you decide is the examinrs report (at http://www.mwigan.com/mrw/Welcome_files/Emeritus Prof Stimpson Examiners report.pdf) beyond that by all means contcat me to discuss the matter to help you decide if the time or effort might be worthwhile in your personal view. Currenty I am working as an Honorary on creating an official Archive at the University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre-and adding digitised version of these tapes would be an invaluable addition before the magnetic tape media dies completely...which cannot be far away now after 40+ years.... I welcome any responses or advice. 1
Guest Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 @Dr Good Vibe is this something you can help with/be interested in?
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