RE: Tape Is Anything But Dead...

Posted by ljb1 (A) on November 19, 2014 at 20:38:45

In Reply to: RE: Tape Is Anything But Dead... posted by X-2000R on November 19, 2014 at 15:15:27:

At this point I think the studios are the only serious force in keeping reel tape alive. They are the driving market for providing any kind of new production media. Watching Quantegy(Ampex) take over production for from Scotch-3M, having the US market nearly to themselves and still going out of business (twice, I think) has been pretty disappointing. Even the progression in Europe from BASF to EMTEC to RMGI to Pyral shows that the market is a pretty tough one.

The two most interesting things I've seen in the last several years has been the start-ups of ATR tape products and the Tape Project offerings. That either of these ever got off the ground is, to me, pretty phenomenal.

As far as 1/4 track consumer-grade stuff, I think that's as you described high-end cassette: "a small but dedicated loyal following". True, there's a lot of vigorous activity on Ebay, but it's really just trading a finite and slowly shrinking set of hardware & software. Vinyl has the advantage of new manufacture hardware, new releases and some level of affordability. Not so with tape.
ljb

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Topic - Okay, it's been a month .... - Dave Pogue 07:05:13 11/18/14 (15)

well -- I finally got a pair of NAB adaptors and unearthed my beautiful A77 this week - mhardy6647 06:01:49 11/21/14 (1)

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RE: Tape Is Anything But Dead... - X-2000R 15:15:27 11/19/14 (1)

RE: Tape Is Anything But Dead... - ljb1 20:38:45 11/19/14 (0)

So why are you "still looking for a tube-based high end 8 track tape player"? - Dave Pogue 11:55:36 11/18/14 (2)

RE: So why are you "still looking for a tube-based high end 8 track tape player"? - ljb1 10:38:52 11/19/14 (1)

RE: So why are you "still looking for a tube-based high end 8 track tape player"? - Dave Pogue 11:33:08 11/19/14 (0)

RE: Okay, it's been a month .... - 6bq5 09:17:35 11/18/14 (0)

RE: Okay, it's been a month .... - mobiasloop 07:27:23 11/18/14 (2)

RE: Okay, it's been a month .... - zako 08:45:25 11/18/14 (1)

I have too many hobbies... - mobiasloop 08:50:19 11/18/14 (0)

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