[Paul Stamler]

"jailhouserock" wrote in message
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easily attainable with 3.75 IPS metal tape, where have you been ?

Working in studios and broadcast stations. Where have you been?

why the heck do you think ABC, CBS, NBC bought thousands of those
TASCAM decks throughout the 1980's ?

Convenience. Audio standards in television were pretty low back then.

the old Akai 8-track cartridge decks run at 3.75, and used standard
tape, and would test out to 18-19khz top end, and were rated at
16-17khz top end in the specs

Most of the spects were lies then and now.

the tiny little TASCAM 424 portastudio is rated even higher than that,
+/- 3 DB

See above.

try stocking all those tape reels in your home, amongst your family
belongings, and see how much tape you need to record a 45 minute LP at
15 ips. You'd need a warehouse just to store it all.

Yep. Which is why my basement is filled with boxes of tapes. Most of which
weren't used to tape LPs, but live performances and studio recordings.

no, I'm asking for someone with TASCAM 122 and 234 machine time
experience, who actually owned them and used them- not someone trying
to justify the money they dropped on lossy digital like you did

Your definition of "lossy digital"? In most of the world, that means MP3s
and other bit-reduced formats, which sound awful.

By the way, I suspect I've spent a *lot* more money on analog than I have on
digital equipment, if you count the various Revoxes and Naks sitting around
the house. I don't need to justify any of it to anyone except, of course,
the IRS. The digital stuff is necessary if you want to get paid to do stuff
in audio because that's what clients want. If you're strictly a hobbyist,
you can stay 100% analog and no one will be the wiser, but if you're getting
paid for recording you'd better be ready to produce whatever format they
want.

Peace,
Paul

you verbally attack people, than sign off with "peace" ?

why not just sign off with "war" ??

Because, if you read what I've posted, I'm not attacking you, not insulting
you, not calling you an asshole or any other name. I'm simply disagreeing
with you. If you consider that an attack, rethink.

Genug,
Paul