Electrical Audio How-To: Baking and Transferring Audio Tapes, Pt. 1

Electrical Audio Studio Manager and House Engineer Taylor Hales demonstrates how to test an analog audio tape to determine if it needs to be baked prior to digital transfer, and how to properly bake a magnetic tape.

For further information on topics discussed in this video, visit:

Richard Hess' Tape Restoration Resources:
http://www.richardhess.com/tape/

"The Digitization of Audio Tapes" Government of Canada Technical Bulletin:
https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation...

"Choosing and Using MRL Calibration Tapes for Audio Tape Recorder Standardization" (including common tape speed and EQ combinations): http://www.mrltapes.com/choo&u.pdf

Wikipedia "Sticky-Shed Syndrome":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky-...


Shot by Ed Bornstein;
Edited by Taylor Hales
Music by Whaddupp Sonn

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