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Solving Sticky Tape Syndrome With the aid of Cyclomethicone (D5)

Solving Sticky Tape Syndrome With the aid of Cyclomethicone (D5)

by Stewart Adam | Apr 16, 2021 | 8-track tape transfer, Audio Archiving, Audio Perception, Audio Restoration, reel-to-reel transfer, tape Baking

Occasionally we run across tapes with Sticky Tape Syndrome, primarily Grand Master 456, that do not respond to tape baking. When that occurs, we dig into our bag of tricks and resort to some tried and true methods of getting the tapes to transfer properly. This tape...
The Nomadds, Audio transfer by Creative Audio Works

The Nomadds, Audio transfer by Creative Audio Works

by Stewart Adam | Jan 26, 2021 | Audio Archiving, Audio Restoration, History, reel-to-reel transfer

Before the Beatles, it was The Nomadds – Listen to the 1965 Album from Freeport’s Famed Teen Band. Freeport, Illinois — If you dig down deep in Freeport, the stories and lives and rich history of a city come alive in ways hard to believe such a famed Freeport story...
1932 New Phonograph Record Plays Half Hour Music Program

1932 New Phonograph Record Plays Half Hour Music Program

by Stewart Adam | Aug 6, 2012 | Audio Archiving, Audio Restoration, Equipment, History, Music

The phonograph, long overshadowed by the radio, now promises to come back into popularity, thanks to the development of an improved type of phonograph record recently introduced. Capable of running for a full half-hour, the new long-playing record reproduces entire...
The coming record revolution: digital discs. Popular Science (Nov, 1981)

The coming record revolution: digital discs. Popular Science (Nov, 1981)

by Stewart Adam | Jul 28, 2012 | Audio Archiving, Audio Perception, Audio Restoration, Equipment, History, Music

The coming record revolution: digital discs A laser reads the compact, no-wear disc to deliver superior hi-fi By LEONARD FELDMAN A Sony technician slipped a small disc into the slot of a player no larger than a portable cassette machine. I noticed the record?\’s...
The Year’s Finest Facilities Featured in MIX magazine’s Class of 2012.

The Year’s Finest Facilities Featured in MIX magazine’s Class of 2012.

by Stewart Adam | Jul 9, 2012 | Audio Archiving, Audio Restoration, History, Music, Studio History

Each Year MIX magazine names the Hottest Recording/Production studios around the globe. Among this year’s studios was Creative Audio Works, located in Plymouth, MA. Designed by Lou Clarke of Sonic-Space with studio owner Stewart Adam, the design of this...

Rim Drive Tape Recorders

by Stewart Adam | Aug 13, 2011 | Audio Archiving, Audio Restoration, Equipment, History

    Occasionally we receive quarter-inch tapes that will be on small 3-inch spools. The result will have speed variation when reproduced on our capstan drive machines. They start very fast then gradually slow down throughout the recording to normal speed....
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