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I have a demo tape master from my old punk band that was recorded in 1991 onto a cassette tape...I want to hear this awfulness. Hook me up. Shouldn't take long to convert it to an audio file or CD.

8/8/2012 6:20:50 PM

I don't know anything about 8 track cassette recording

does it require playback on an 8 track recorder or has it been mixed down to stereo?

I've got a couple of cassette players

8/12/2012 1:47:17 PM

I think it records 4 tracks on one side of the tape and the other 4 on the other side at like 1/4 speed. so like a 120 min tape can only fit like 2 songs.

8/12/2012 6:58:49 PM

weird

8/13/2012 3:18:51 AM

They must be really long songs because 1/4 speed would yield 480 minutes
I've never heard of an 8 track cassette. Only 4 for multitrack recording. (fostex comes to mind)
They used a faster tape speed to yield a higher frequency response and would only record one direction. An 8 track would have such skinny tracks that signal to noise would suck worse than even standard cassette and dropout would be an issue as well.

8/15/2012 8:56:59 AM

well whatever it is I need it. Ill try whatever yall got.

8/18/2012 10:52:27 PM

I have this nifty old cassette deck I bought at surplus. Supposedly it was meant for journalists and court recorders and such, and has a big leather carrying case . . . . has a crazy amount of dials, adjustments, speed settings, etc. Maybe it'd work, you're welcome to give it a shot.

8/19/2012 1:57:48 AM

^^

You could try this:

Play the cassette in a normal stereo player and record the output to a computer.
flip the cassette over and record t6he other two tracks (which will be playing backwards)
to the computer, then use software to reverse the tracks so they play back normal. You would then have to sync up the two sets of tracks in the timeline.
The potential caveat is that the azimuth of the playback heads might be different from that of the deck it was originally recorded on giving you some cross talk from the other tracks which would be playing backwards. But I'd say it's worth a try, if you really want it.

8/19/2012 10:29:32 AM