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<p class="MsoNormal">We use Telex equipment, soundcards and software but these are obsolete. Up until this year, there have been a series of high-speed cassette digitizers by a company called “Graff of Newark.” We recommended these units to an organization
that wanted to digitize their cassette library – and they recently obtained a unit, along with software and soundcards from B&H Audio in NYC. I checked B&H just now and the specific unit for libraries is reported as “no longer available.” You may be able to
locate the same equipment elsewhere. Here’s the link to the old B&H offering: <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/562787-REG/Graff_Of_Newark_LC60554_4_Track_Library_for.html">
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/562787-REG/Graff_Of_Newark_LC60554_4_Track_Library_for.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good luck!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ivan Johnson<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Materials Development Coordinator<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Braille Institute Library Services<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>igjohnson@brailleinstitute.org<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces@islemail.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Lewis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 24, 2018 8:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> TBBS Recording Studio Info <studiotalk@islemail.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Studiotalk] analogue cassette to digital transfer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We use an old model 424 Tascam PortaStudio, and yes, you’ll have to adjust the playback speed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The good news is, this is an easy fix, you just have to create a batch processing preset that you can use to adjust the speed / pitch of the digitized file(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The other plus with the 424 PortaStudio is that it can output all 4-sides/channels simultaneously, so you can digitize an entire cassette (6 hours of audio) in just a few minutes.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> studiotalk <<a href="mailto:studiotalk-bounces@islemail.org">studiotalk-bounces@islemail.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>James Langton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 24, 2018 8:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:studiotalk@islemail.org">studiotalk@islemail.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Studiotalk] analogue cassette to digital transfer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A question for any of you who are transferring NLS cassettes from analogue to digital : what are you using for playback of the cassettes?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tried playing the cassettes on an old NLS cassette player but the sound quality is so awful (with incredible hum and background noise) that I abandoned that immediately.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The solution seems to be an old 4-track cassette recorder or 'mini-studio', but many of them record/playback at DOUBLE speed, so I'm interested to know if there are specific brands/models that others are having success with.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">James<o:p></o:p></p>
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