SOUND ON SOUND

[The Culprit]

Mention 'spot erasing', 'timecode bleed', or 'edge track' to a seasoned tape-jockey and watch his face turn grey... ;)

Man I don't even want to know what those things are :lol:

[blinddrew]

Big +1 to that. :)

[Sam Spoons]

Mention 'spot erasing', 'timecode bleed', or 'edge track' to a seasoned tape-jockey and watch his face turn grey... ;)

Man I don't even want to know what those things are :lol:

And nobody has, yet, mentioned the cost of tape (or tape recorders) :crazy:

[Mike Stranks]

Seeing as we're there...

This: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284039770506?var=0

is an example of my final open-reel deck. Purchased new in 1978 for the same price as it's being sold for in the advert!

I've just checked... I paid the equivalent of £3000 for this machine - at 'mates rate' discount. :o

[The Culprit]

It boiles my brain that a lot of you guys still love to immerse yourselves in that old reel to reel stuff (not necessarily you guys in this thread, talking generally here). I get that PC's are not for everyone, especially the older generation, but price, space, maintenance things like that surely must come into the thinking?

Gluttons for punishment springs to mind :D

[Sam Spoons]

TBH (as The Elf says) mostly it's not 'us oldies' who hark back to tape being 'special' it's the young guns who never had to use it...

[CS70]

It boiles my brain that a lot of you guys still love to immerse yourselves in that old reel to reel stuff

Where did u get that idea from? I don't think that anybody here does or loves it.. some people who's done it for a long time used to use tape back then. Not now..

[The Elf]

It boiles my brain that a lot of you guys still love to immerse yourselves in that old reel to reel stuff...

It equally boils my brain that any youngster would want to get into it, but there seems to be one along every minute. By the time the penny has dropped a lot of money could have changed hands... :headbang:

[The Culprit]

Yeah maybe my last comment wasn't thought through properly...makes sense that it's a thing for the new generation to be curious about. But hey, we like what we like I suppose.

[Sam Spoons]

I guess it's a bit like saying vinyl is better than CD... :headbang:

[The Culprit]

Come on now, let's not go there :lol:

(And yes, it is if you're wondering)

[Sam Spoons]

Cheeky young whippersnapper :protest:

[The Culprit]

I've been called worse to be fair :mrgreen:

[Sam Spoons]

:D :D :D

[James Perrett]

Looks like I'm the only one around here who still likes tape...

Would I use it on a new session? Probably not - unless you were paying me good money. However, hearing some of the music from my younger days playing direct from a master often brings a big smile to my face.