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MessianicDreams · 10th November 2009

Hi guys, not too sure which forum to post this in, but here goes anyway:

A client has asked us to digitize a bunch of 1/4" tape. The only issue is the tapes was recorded at 3 3/4 IPS, and our Otari MTR-12 only goes down to 7.5 IPS. What I've done as a test is recorded the audio in at 88.2kHz and played it back at 44.1kHz, there-by halving the playback speed.

Is there any issues in doing this? I'm having a hard time judging if there's much quality loss as I have no idea what the tapes *should* sound like - the mixes on them aren't great (pretty low-fi) and I'm worried how much my method is degrading the audio..

If anyone has any useful tips, pointers or comments, please feel free

thanks!

MD

10th November 2009	#1
MessianicDreams Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Geneve, Switz/ Liverpool, UK Posts: 38 Thread Starter	3 3/4 IPS analogue tape question Hi guys, not too sure which forum to post this in, but here goes anyway: A client has asked us to digitize a bunch of 1/4" tape. The only issue is the tapes was recorded at 3 3/4 IPS, and our Otari MTR-12 only goes down to 7.5 IPS. What I've done as a test is recorded the audio in at 88.2kHz and played it back at 44.1kHz, there-by halving the playback speed. Is there any issues in doing this? I'm having a hard time judging if there's much quality loss as I have no idea what the tapes should sound like - the mixes on them aren't great (pretty low-fi) and I'm worried how much my method is degrading the audio.. If anyone has any useful tips, pointers or comments, please feel free thanks! MD __________________ "There are 10 types of people: Those who understand binary, and Those who don't."