the end of tapes

[Sheridan]

interesting article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...7/ntapes07.xml

[Jeniffer Mills]

...Hands up...Who still uses cassetes? I think the last one i used for recording was round 2000..

[thembuzz]

i have a 4-track tape recorder, so i still use tapes. have some of that

[gypsy_cream]

last time i used a tape to record a mix was in 2002 or 2003... still listen to tapes though

[Loz]

I've been recording loads of tapes recently, as a mate of mine bought an old school 80s boom box for festivals and nights out on the beach. For some reason, tapes are a lot cooler than CDRs and MP3 playlists.

[Patrick]

I used one last year. It was for an oldskool tape mix thing on a.n.other forum.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

I have an old tape deck I use now and then to make things sound tapey.

[aleks]

i listen to tapes everytime i drive my car.

[big raff]

i'm going to get all my tracks recorded onto reel to reel
i hate how untangible digital media is.

[Daddys Girl]

I have a box of tapes that go back to mix tapes I made when I just started secondary school - they've seen better days, but can't part with them.

[gypsy_cream]

Originally Posted by big raff

i'm going to get all my tracks recorded onto reel to reel
i hate how untangible digital media is.

haha

[Rogue Molecule]

My mate found a cassette with the last remaining copy of a track on it that he was supposed to have had released in 96, but the label folded and the DAT was lost. He was over the moon to find this tape so he brought it into work today to let me hear it. The machine chewed it 2 bars into the intro.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

doh

MDK used to lose whole cassettes full of tracks that didn't exist anywhere else.. until other people started making copies for safety, everyone else seemed more bothered than Martin tho

[stak_etop]

Yes.. started buying music as cassettes (instead of records or cd:s).
Did some trickery with double deck player. Pause button pushed half way, double speed recordings, tape upside down (unintentional)...
Still have lots of tapes which are now and then recorded over again. Like carrying a boomblaster to the beach etc. in the summer.

[mdk]

it took me a while to develop a philosophical attitude about it...i think the tapes were just part of the preparation for dealing with the great hard drive crash of '99. it was a very stern test and i remember feeling quite sad at losing over a years worth of music, but i think it worked out for the best..

probably.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

were you in london in 99? I remember you telling me and I just sort of blocked it out.

[mdk]

yeah, i dont think id been there long though..tbh i cant remember when most things happened

[thembuzz]

Originally Posted by aleks

i listen to tapes everytime i drive my car.

oh, yeah. i forgot about that. i'm always recording tapes for my car

[kams]

Originally Posted by ckpqerjwrpwp

doh

MDK used to lose whole cassettes full of tracks that didn't exist anywhere else.. until other people started making copies for safety, everyone else seemed more bothered than Martin tho

i've lost hours of tracks being shit... I put my old computer up in loft without copying anything of the old drive.. I wanted too.. but not enough to actually do it.

[ckpqerjwrpwp]

So does anyone have any opinions on the best quality cassette tapes?
I think I might get a stash while it's still easy.

[wheezer]

Originally Posted by Loz

I've been recording loads of tapes recently, as a mate of mine bought an old school 80s boom box for festivals and nights out on the beach. For some reason, tapes are a lot cooler than CDRs and MP3 playlists.

who needs tapes?

[Loz]

someone has a portable music player and clock fetish...

[thembuzz]

Originally Posted by ckpqerjwrpwp

So does anyone have any opinions on the best quality cassette tapes?
I think I might get a stash while it's still easy.

i like these

i put me MP3 player into a 3D Superwoofer as a portable boombox. was actually looking for an another Superwooder on ebay today as a present for a friend who works outside alot.

hiatchi80svibe

[WON'T DO IT]

hehe, yes thembuzz.. those sa90's with the blue bits... that was for when it's gonna be a special tape...wicked! and you got all those little emoticon type stickers with them, like little cars and crotchets,,

[7875]

i love tapes
i fondly remember making tapes with friends when i was in
grade school (fake commercials and interviews, bad music and
burping/farting contests).
i have a tape deck in my Volvo and listen to em whenever i drive somewhere.

a friend of mine and i have a tape deck dj crew
where we have collected cass-singles and full albums of 85-93 era hip hop
and gangster rap and mix them using a specific Technics tape deck that allows
you to cue/rewind the tape and hear it when it gets to the beginning of a song.
if it weren't for second hand and thrift shops, we wouldn't have the gems that
we've found over the years. im always amazed when i go to record stores that
have a tape section and the shit is still priced at $9.99-$11.99. who the hell is
going to pay that much for an R.E.M. tape when you can just wait it out and
find it at Goodwill for $1?

[garew]

I think reel to reels will be used in studios for many years to come.

[Loz]

Steve Albini apparently bought all the tape he could afford when he was told that people were going to stop manufacturing it a few years ago.

[roberta_hood]

i have a lot of old mixes only on tapes. of course in the meantime there is no need to record on tapes but to listen to the old one is still a nice thing : )

[kams]

Luca's got one of these - which I've started to listen to old tapes on in the garden.

He's also turning into a mean little electro-acoustic feedback improviser with it.