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You might be able to talk the company into a "taste test." Listen to a minute or two of the tape to determine whether the expense is worth it.

Koz

One of the video editors came in with a million year old tape machine and a box of tapes he got from Goodness Knows Where. I got the machine running long enough (at the right speed, thankyouverymuch) to discover he had long lost tapes of a world famous singer now dead. We removed the last tape from ...

In case it wasn't bright enough, be careful with the alcohol while you're cleaning the tape transport pathway. You can probably get away with paper towels, but lint-free is probably best. I compromised and use western cotton bandannas from the local cowboy store. I clean my computer screen with thos...

Oh, it's far worse than that. Unlike the single RIAA curve for vinyl records, each tape speed has its own equalization curves on record and playback and for each tape type. This gives you the conversation with the radio station engineer where he tells you, "We're a Scotch 808 house." That'...

Maybe I'm searching for information that doesn't exist.

You finished editing your show. File > Export > The File Dialog comes up ...Then what? Describe the keystrokes.

Koz

Facebook must have instructions how to do that. If not that, I bet they have a help forum very much like this one. Each part of a service like FaceBook has to be specifically provided with tools and formats for you to use. Somebody somewhere must know. Google your brains out. Once you figure out the...

Intel Macs with either Leopard (OS-X 10.5) or Snow Leopard (OS-X 10.6) do not support Audacity 1.2. Apple > About This Mac. You don't have to uninstall anything. Download Audacity 1.3.12 from here. http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_mac When the disk image file arrives, double click it to provide...

<<<record music off of YouTube>>> Are these live performances somebody recorded in the club? Those are notorious for ratty sound and there isn't a lot you can do. You could also be recording them through your computer's analog pathway and that can sound pretty poor compared to an electronic capture....

Have you ever defragmented your drive? Defrag -- Right Click Start > Explore > Right Click Local Drive C: > Properties (Used, Remaining) -- Tools > Error Checking & Defragmentation Do the error check, too. While you're in there, how much free space do you have on your hard drive and how big is i...

<<<I've used it (some years ago), when I recorded an interview of my uncle from the radio>>>

Describe how you did that.

Koz