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Vintage Technics, Tube stereo cassette player edit / delete

Building a new audio board for a Walkman clone using subminiature valves. Very cute and very silly.

to audio cassette electronics retrotech tape valve ... on 24 October 2018

The DV, DVCAM, & DVCPRO Formats -- tech details, FAQ, and links. edit / delete

A comprehensive FAQ on DV and related formats.

to dv retrotech tape tv vcr video ... on 11 July 2018

Vintage Cassettes edit / delete

"Here you will find the beatiful pictures of sealed compact casettes. Cassettes from 1970-1990 are covered the most." Pretty comprehensive -- but unfortunately the "sealed" thing makes it not very useful for dating a cassette...

to cassette recording retrotech tape ... on 12 April 2016

Troy's Vintage Video edit / delete

A comprehensive collection of vintage video and TV equipment, and some extremely impressive homebrew electronics along the same lines. His iconoscope camera is jawdropping.

to electronics iconoscope retrotech tape tv vcr video ... on 13 September 2015

Mark Vernon :: Meagre Resource :: Sound Artist edit / delete

"Mark Vernon is a sound artist and radio producer based in Glasgow, Scotland." With various downloadable stuff -- I've been enjoying the documentaries on mid-20th-century tape recording clubs.

to art audio documentary history radio retrotech tape ... on 22 March 2015

AV Artifact Atlas edit / delete

"The Audiovisual Artifact Atlas is community-based, online resource used in the identification and diagnosis of artifacts and errors in analog to digital practice and archival work." If you're wondering what's causing a particular kind of patterning on your video...

to archiving artefact audio restoration tape video ... on 17 March 2015

Endino's Cassette Transfer How-To edit / delete

Advice on adjusting azimuth if you don't have a calibration tape (or if you're trying to adjust to match an uncalibrated machine).

to archiving audio azimuth cassette tape ... on 22 August 2014

Radio History - Index page edit / delete

Explains why old comedy programs always had 30s of music after them, among other things.

to bbc broadcast radio recording tape vinyl ... on 06 February 2010

The Adventures of Audio DAT in the SCSI Dimension edit / delete

Using DDS drives to read DAT tapes. Interesting.

to audio dat scsi tape ... on 16 September 2006