The scale of digitisation jobs we do at Greatbear often varies. We are asked by our customers to reformat single items to large quantities of tape and everything else inbetween. Reformatting magnetic tape-based media always takes time and care. Transfers have to be done in real time; if you want a good quality recording there… Continue reading Audio Cassette Parallel Ingests
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Digitising Audio Tape – Process, Time & Cost
Last week we wrote about the person time involved in transferring magnetic tape to digital files, and we want to tell you more about the processes involved in digitisation work. While in theory the work of migrating media from one format to another can be simple, even the humble domestic cassette can take a substantial… Continue reading Digitising Audio Tape – Process, Time & Cost
Replace Tascam BR 20 Capstan Belt
We have two of these excellent machines in addition to our Sony APR 5003s and Studer A80s. The Tascam BR-20 was Tascam’s last and top of the range 1/4 inch reel to reel tape machine and available in two track stereo and stereo with centre timecode option. The capstan drive in the BR20 is belt… Continue reading Replace Tascam BR 20 Capstan Belt