Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people.

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What are those links actually about?

Descriptions of what is on the tape?

How did you actually get them? For example, even in 1998, you could not go to the store and buy that Jesus and Mary Chain reel of tape. Was someone cleaning the closet?

Both are from over thirty years ago. How is the tape? Any problems due to age?

Hi everyone, I'm Roberto from Turin in Italy. I'm the proud user of three R2Rs: TEAC X2000R, TASCAM 34B and AKAI GX-625. Everyone enjoys excellent health, the necessary mechanical maintenance is performed by myself as well as maintenance. The problem of spare parts has been solved by purchasing other identical machines to be used as donors. If necessary of course! Recently, state television has had the assembly and alignment of at least a dozen or so new STUDER A810 machines performed by RAI in the warehouse. This is to be able to "read" the numerous tapes still present in their archives, digitize them in order to have a security back up. The reel recorder is not "dead" or even in agony. It is no longer used for many years in the production of music in the studio, with results that we can all listen to: poor dynamics, extension to the extremes of very limited band, "flat" studio recording. I will not separate myself from my R2Rs, it is enough to put a well-recorded reel to be able to hear a detailed, warm, full-bodied sound! I also use a DBX 224 noise reducer and a DBX 3BX dynamics expander with exceptional results. Often it also improves music by recording it from CD to R2R!

http://www.analogplanet.it/ in home page picture you can see the STUDER property of RAI television. NEW!

Welcome Roberto, welcome Torino,

This is to be able to "read" the numerous tapes still present in their archives, digitize them in order to have a security back up.

They waited until 2019?

The reel recorder is not "dead" or even in agony.

Nothing wrong with enjoying R2R, but "digitize them in order to have a security back up" actually implies an agony.

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Nothing wrong with enjoying R2R, but "digitize them in order to have a security back up" actually implies an agony.

It's not having backups of important content that's agonizing. Creating quality backups is just good practice.