Cassette Tapes

[koenig999]

I love them, and still use them to make compliations for the car.

Found a box in the garage, and the writing on the inlay cards in the cases had faded, and am now having hours of Dank Holiday fun playing them and trying to remember the tracks.

On now is (I think) Kextex - In the Forehead. Cracking Acid Techno, Routemaster style.

More to discover soon.

Koenig

[Asterix]

While not exactly related, I heard 'Senses Working Overtime' by XTC for the first time in decades last night in the car - wife thought I was mad for singing along extremely loudly.

[Cotty]

I still have lots of tapes, I still play them occationally.

[GetCarter]

I HATED cassettes when the came out, and have hated them ever since. Crap quality and magnetic tape wipes itself over time, so whatever you have, won't last. As it was the only option in the 70s, I still have boxes full of them. Luckilly, I no longer have a cassette player.

I use DAT tape - better quality than CD - and for the car... well the MP3 plugs in.

Rant over!

[Technonotice]

koenig999 said:

On now is (I think) Kextex - In the Forehead. Cracking Acid Techno, Routemaster style.

Check out routemaster 45. Awesome track

[koenig999]

Technonotice said:

Check out routemaster 45. Awesome track

Take's me back to shopping in Chocci's Chewns, with Chocci dancing on the counter!

I do have a lot of D.A.V.E. The Drummer, but not that one, so I will keep an eye out for it.

Koenig

[Technonotice]

koenig999 said:

Technonotice said:

Check out routemaster 45. Awesome track

Take's me back to shopping in Chocci's Chewns, with Chocci dancing on the counter!

I do have a lot of D.A.V.E. The Drummer, but not that one, so I will keep an eye out for it.

Koenig

Hotwire is a favourite also!

[Chris71]

Having had several slightly retro cars I found myself having to dig out a box of old cassettes recently. That and discovering the joy of the mix tape.

[Markh]

any one still use 8 tracks?

[clonmult]

GetCarter said:

I HATED cassettes when the came out, and have hated them ever since. Crap quality and magnetic tape wipes itself over time, so whatever you have, won't last. As it was the only option in the 70s, I still have boxes full of them. Luckilly, I no longer have a cassette player.

I use DAT tape - better quality than CD - and for the car... well the MP3 plugs in.

Rant over!

Pre-recorded were absolutely dire.

But get a decent chrome/metal tape, with a decent recorder (ie. my old Sony WM-D6C) from a reasonable source (the old Linn LP12/Ittok). Decent head unit in the car (I had some Denon back in the day, but wanted a Nakamichi or Soundstream), and the sound could be either good or excellent.

[GetCarter]

clonmult said:

GetCarter said:

I HATED cassettes when the came out, and have hated them ever since. Crap quality and magnetic tape wipes itself over time, so whatever you have, won't last. As it was the only option in the 70s, I still have boxes full of them. Luckily, I no longer have a cassette player.

I use DAT tape - better quality than CD - and for the car... well the MP3 plugs in.

Rant over!

Pre-recorded were absolutely dire.

But get a decent chrome/metal tape, with a decent recorder (ie. my old Sony WM-D6C) from a reasonable source (the old Linn LP12/Ittok). Decent head unit in the car (I had some Denon back in the day, but wanted a Nakamichi or Soundstream), and the sound could be either good or excellent.

Never bought a pre-recorded cassette. Heard one once. Once was enough. Suffered the ignominious Chrome/Metal with Dolby B & C (what a farce C was - made Darth Vader look like a vegetarian). I was the first saddo to bail out asap into DAT and CD... mind you the first CD recorder cost me several arms and legs and the blank CDs were £35 EACH! Cassettes did (for a few months) look slightly appealing.

However, I was the first London composer to pitch my music on CD - and got SO much work from it, as everyone else was on cassette, and they thought I must be REALLY good to present work on a CD

These days it's not the medium, nor the material, but 'blue sky thinking' and 'imaginative reinterpretations'.

OK - I take it all back... bring back the cassette. Analogue life was a st load easier.

Another rant over.

[Mr Heathen]

koenig999 said:

Technonotice said:

Check out routemaster 45. Awesome track

Take's me back to shopping in Chocci's Chewns, with Chocci dancing on the counter!

I do have a lot of D.A.V.E. The Drummer, but not that one, so I will keep an eye out for it.

Koenig

Lol. We just took DDR to Japan last month, possibly taking Henry (D.A.V.E.) later this year. Doing Jeff Amadeus x 4 decks in June. </shameless plug>

Have 1,000's of cassette tapes, some priceless sets included therein. Some V. early Spiral Tribe, Aphex Twin @ dawn from Hampstead Heath '91, loads of Ellis Dee, Adrian Age, Billy Bunter, Ratpack, Stu Allen etc. Really must get round to digitising them one day...

[koenig999]

Mr Heathen :

? 'Ardcore 'til U die!

Koenig

[Mr Heathen]

koenig999 said:

Mr Heathen :

? 'Ardcore 'til U die!

Koenig

Lol. You know it brutha!

Watch yer bass bins, I'm tellin' yer...

[brisel]

Mr Heathen said:

Watch yer bass bins, I'm tellin' yer...

Altern8 lyric?

Does anyone know a good set up for getting my old mix tapes downloaded, cleaned up & into iTunes?

I have a reasonable tape deck, a sound card with a line in & a recommendation to use Audacity freeware software to tidy it up. I also have £80 quid to buy an Ion Tape2PC from Faeces World if it is less hassle. I have quite a few tapes to do...

Thoughts?

TIA

[Gompo]

I have loads of tapes still, from my brothers tape trading days.. Not listened to tape for a good while, no real need. I did buy one last year or so.

They're a cool format, but just been surpassed and they dont really offer anything unique/original anymore.

[Adrian Swarl]

I am often scanning Ebay for a silver, Sony tape deck (so it'll match the rest of the kit) to rediscover my cassette collection on.

[Mr Heathen]

brisel said:

Mr Heathen said:

Watch yer bass bins, I'm tellin' yer...

Altern8 lyric?

Does anyone know a good set up for getting my old mix tapes downloaded, cleaned up & into iTunes?

I have a reasonable tape deck, a sound card with a line in & a recommendation to use Audacity freeware software to tidy it up. I also have £80 quid to buy an Ion Tape2PC from Faeces World if it is less hassle. I have quite a few tapes to do...

Thoughts?

TIA

I wouldn't bother with the Tape2PC, your tape deck/soundcard should be fine, give the heads a clean if it's not been done in a while. Can't comment on the Audacity software as I've never used it. I am using BIAS Peak Pro XT with Soundsoap but if you're only going to use it for a single application to digitise tapes it's probably a little expensive.

[S7Paul]

Adrian Swarl said:

I am often scanning Ebay for a silver, Sony tape deck (so it'll match the rest of the kit) to rediscover my cassette collection on.

You can still buy them new (and not too expensive):-

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&amp...

[qube_TA]

I used to love cassettes, the old days when you could record an LP onto 1 side of a C-90 were great.

A decent desk would give quite good sound quality too, they were a bit crap in the car though (minidiscs were better).

I still have 100's of tapes with recordings of classic Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show and Dream FM which was a cool pirate radio station in Leeds & Manchester in the early 90's (eventually turned into the awful Galaxy). None of them are labeled so it's nice to put on a random cassette and see what comes on.

Quite a poor medium for storing music on, play a 20+ year old recording and it's a bit poo now.