Re: [Gwc-general] massive cassette tape reproduction/restoration

[Johan De G. <joh...@sk...>]

I think your best option might be to multi-task the transcription. Or you 
divide the tapes between persons and choose common tools for it (a tape deck 
of suitable quality and well set-up, a good sound card, the same recording 
app and the same sample-rate/bitdepth) or you get a multi-track soundcard and 
several tape decks and record a few tapes at a time.

Recording at high speed will require specific equipment and probably more time 
afterward to get the EQ etc right again.

Regards,
Johan De Groote

On Tuesday 04 April 2006 15:24, Tim Wunder wrote:
> My church is looking to restore to digital approximately 1000 hours of audio 
> cassette tape recordings, some of which may be 25 years old. Can anybody on 
> this list recommend capture equipment for such a large task? We'd like to be 
> able to capture the recordings at greater than 1x playback, if possible.
> Thanks, 
> Tim
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