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- The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes New problems are plaguing old reels, putting decades of history at risk
- Much of America’s musical heritage is. . . - The New York Times - Facebook
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes
- Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: The Race Against Time: In Search of the . . .
Preserving vintage recordings that were created on analog tape has become a challenging race against time Craig Anderton There’s no question that some magical recordings have been lost forever After a tape has been incinerated, or has deteriorated beyond recognition, it’s game over
- Rescuing Music With X-Rays – PS Audio
“This example shows that tapes are not made to last forever,” explains Gliga “The material decays over time and [eventually] can no longer be played back ” While it is possible to painstakingly reassemble and restore such tapes, Gliga and his team are pursuing a completely new approach
- A physicist uses X-rays to rescue old music recordings
Digitizing these tapes is an ongoing challenge as well as a race against time, as the tapes degrade and eventually become unplayable
- Save Our VHS Tapes - The Stranger
Libby Hopfauf and Annalise Nicholson are in a race against time, and against tape It’s a spring afternoon, and we’re sitting in the office of the Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound
- Why is the Smithsonian racing to save rare audio recordings stored on . . .
Not only are the tapes themselves prone to snapping and deteriorating, but the equipment needed to play them back is fading from our technological landscape Take a moment to think about that Each cassette is a time capsule But every time one is played, it’s a gamble
- The urgency of digital preservation for tape media
Preserving magnetic tape is a race against time as degradation and equipment obsolescence threaten irreplaceable historical recordings
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