Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site polaris.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!linus!philabs!polaris!herbie From: herbie@polaris.UUCP (Herb Chong) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: advice requested on brands of cassette tapes Message-ID: <251@polaris.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 20:42:00 EST Article-I.D.: polaris.251 Posted: Mon Nov 4 20:42:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 04:13:30 EST References: <10838@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <953@lll-crg.ARpA> <112@emacs.UUCP> Reply-To: herbie@polaris.UUCP (Herb Chong) Distribution: na Organization: IBM TJ Watson RC Lines: 31 Summary: In article <112@emacs.UUCP> pz@emacs.UUCP (Paul Czarnecki) writes: >I'm curious. Why get the best tape that you can? I seems to me that >dbx would place less stress on the tape. This is because the signal is >compressed and has no problem fitting above the noise floor and the >signal ceiling. (Say if you have 90db dynamic range in the original, >apply the 2:1 (or was it 1:2) compression and now the range is only >45db. If you assume a lesser range to start with the end signal is >proportionally smaller. You can record way under the peaks, thereby >preserving the high frequency response of you cassette deck. but this last line is not strictly true, at least with dbx. remember that dbx compresses the whole frequency range evenly. although at certain input signal levels the output is lower than input, at others, the output is higher. at the very highest frequencies, the signal may be moved upwards enough in level that what was before a safe recording level is now saturating the tape. it depends upon the tape/tape deck combination and the material being recorded and your recording level. Herb Chong... I'm still user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble.... New net address -- VNET,BITNET,NETNORTH,EARN: HERBIE AT YKTVMH UUCP: {allegra|cbosgd|cmcl2|decvax|ihnp4|seismo}!philabs!polaris!herbie CSNET: herbie.yktvmh@ibm-sj.csnet ARPA: herbie.yktvmh.ibm-sj.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa ======================================================================== DISCLAIMER: what you just read was produced by pouring lukewarm tea for 42 seconds onto 9 people chained to 6 Ouija boards.