Extracting 3 3/4 ips at 7 1/2 ips

[nss]

I have access to an old r2r deck at a good price which goes at 7 1/2 and
15 ips, but have some old tapes some of which are likely recorded at 3
3/4 ips. Are their any issues/surprises that I should be concerned about
with playing these back at 7 1/2 ips while pulling them into PC software
that will cut the speed in half for me (a la GoldWave or similar)?

Thanks!

NSS

[Arny Krueger]

"NSS" > wrote in message

> I have access to an old r2r deck at a good price which
> goes at 7 1/2 and 15 ips, but have some old tapes some of
> which are likely recorded at 3 3/4 ips. Are their any
> issues/surprises that I should be concerned about with
> playing these back at 7 1/2 ips while pulling them into
> PC software that will cut the speed in half for me (a la
> GoldWave or similar)?

The equalization very likely will be wrong. Recommend you reassert proper
equalization by one of two means:


1. Play a 3/3/4 FR tape at 7.5 and come up with the complementary curve/

2. Eq with a parametric until it sounds right