Well, you can't beat the look of an open reel tape machine. The sound? --that's another matter entirely. The recording industry has certainly gone digital. The used-audio places are full of the best name brand tape machines and they can all be had for a song. The analog mixer is beginning to suffer a similar fate. Outboard hardware is also going soft. The compressor and effects hardware makers have had to release "plug-in" software versions of all of their products in order to protect their name in the marketplace.
Audio production is going the way of the analog radio. In the not too distant future, it will all be software and "control surfaces". 73, Don Merz, N3RHT -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of VJB Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [AMRadio] Open Reel Tape -- Production resumes ? Some of us who cherish the sound (and look) of our open reel machines are heartened by this news from one of the sellers of open-reel tape. (you will recall late in 2004 Quategy, which descended from Ampex, shut down its manufacturing plant. Workers were given little notice, but news accounts at the time cited declining markets for tape storage.) ------ http://www.usrecordingmedia.com/qu456grma.html UPDATE Feb 14, 2005: The tape is rolling in and we're painfully and slowly starting to fill our shelves. (We even have 1/4" GP9 and 457 on reels now.) Quantegy has re-instated full audio production again. Also, there definitely will be new studio quality open reel audio tape made here in Pennsylvania with the first tape being available probably in late May 2005 if not sooner. As soon as we have this tape available to you, it'll be posted on this web site. They're going to be making very good tape for almost everyone in the studio through broadcast, government, and even the home recordist. We feel everything from the new tape boxes through the sound and slitting of the tape is going to have a "classic" touch to it. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator.(A)
