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Convention Paper

Archiving Audio

Authors: Wheeler, Jim

AES Convention 113 · Paper 5711 · October 2002

Abstract

Hundreds of millions of tapes are deteriorating. As these tapes age, more and more of them will begin deteriorating. This paper will describe how to recover these "unplayable" tapes as well as how to store them properly. Also, this paper will cover all of the issues of archiving audio. This includes high-capacity and cheap Hard Disk Drives as well as equipment obsolescence and new media.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 113
AES Convention
113
Paper number
5711
Publication date
October 6, 2002
Session subject
Psychoacoustics
Affiliation
Tape Restoration & Forensics Company, Oceano, CA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper