just for those intersted about analog tape

[Bill Vermillion]

I know you'll find it hard to believe, but on Thu, Jan 06 14:54 , Bill Campbell
actually admitted to saying:" 

> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005, Henry Melancon wrote:

> >I guess that will make my 30 year Akai a big door stop! I
> >think I got to reels of Maxell tape never opened.......

> I need to fix the 10.5in adapters for my Revox A77 so I can try
> to rip some tapes to one of my Apples, or find a service that
> will do that for me (very carefully as the tapes haven't been
> used in years).

I was doing some searching for you just before Christmas.  The
person I checked with didn't know where to find them but suggested
two names that I'm going to run down.

However he did say that that he's knows the 10.5" adaptors for 
Tascam will work - so those may be easier to find.





> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: John Esak [mailto:john at valar.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 1:30 PM
> >> To: Fplist (E-mail)
> >> Subject: OT: just for those intersted about analog tape
> >> 
> >> Bill,
> >> Is this true?  If so, how would anyone ever get new tape for their old
> >> machines? I only have a 2 track/quarter track Otari MX5050, but it is in
> >> perfect shape and I always wondered if there would come a time when I
> >> could
> >> no longer get tapes... wondering no more.
> >> John
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: ROBIN HAKAN [mailto:ROBIN.HAKAN at EEOC.GOV]
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 9:18 AM
> >> To: john at valar.com
> >> Subject: No more reel to reel
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Last Manufacturer of Pro Analog Audio Tape Closes
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Posted by CowboyNeal on Wednesday January 05, @07:37PM
> >> from the reel-too-real dept.
> >> goosman writes "Quantegy, the last manufacturer of professional
> >> reel-to-reel analog audio tape in the world has closed their plant in
> >> Opelika, AL leaving a reported 250 workers without jobs, according to
> >> the Opelika-Auburn News. Emtec (the former BASF, which used to be AGFA)
> >> was the last European manufacturer and ceased manufacuring in 2002. An
> >> audio account of the closing can be heard at NPR."
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> = - = -- = - = -- = - = -- = - = -- = - = -- = - = -- = -- = -- = -- =
> >> -- =
> >> You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat
> >> external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.
> >> 
> >>                                      Barbara Hall,
> >>                                      Northern Exposure,
> >>                                      Gran Prix, 1994
> >> 
> >> Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand,
> >> just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.
> >> 
> >>                                      Diane Frolov and Andrew
> >> Schneider,
> >>                                      Northern Exposure,
> >>                                      Three Doctors, 1993
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Robin Hakan
> >> Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
> >> (202) 663-4465
> >> fax (202) 663-4451
> >> robin.hakan at eeoc.gov
> >> 
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