I think it may be her tape machine that is in question. we don't know what kind of noise reduction it has, whether the bias setting are set propperly and so forth. she may be using the wrong tape type, it could be a lot of things. if she had a dbx unit, that might fix every thing, but I don't know where or if you could still get one.
-- "mimi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You get that with older tapes which are signs of wear and tear. Also, I noticed the NLS machines have somewhat gone down in quality. I don't mean to denigrate our fine program, it's great, and all, but I also notice there is loud enough tape hiss on some of the books, and I wrote NLS about it once, and they blamed ME and my equipment. No, I know it was not, and was a little hurt. I've been handling tapes for a long time, and I know. I noticed some NLS books are distorted on some sides, like they had the master turned up a bit loud. I have heard sometimes, some noise in the background, like a fridge going or the hiss of what sounds to me like central heating and air conditioning. Other times, I notice they took pains to reduce the noise and clean up the audio. So not every single book is sloppy. As tapes age, though and many hands have handled them, I noticed they lose their highs and develop wrinkles which you can hear as the wrinkled spots pass over the head. Someone else told me the more they put on a tape at the slowest possible speed, the more the quality deteriorates. I don't know if this is the case in every case. I can hear a bad tape easily. I used to copy from tape to tape. Now, since I learned to use an encoding program, I bypass that step and encode books right onto my hard drive to transfer onto a CD. I have an ongoing series of talking book CD's, all mp3's. Eventually, NLS will have to switch to digital format, as cassettes are already on the way out. I can even see it myself, having watched cassettes give way to blank CD's and miniddisc, and digital blanks. I don't even see cassettes cases being sold anymore at Wal-mart. It's clear enough to me. Well, another thing I forgot to say is I never went for the cheapest tapes. I stayed with Maxell over the years, or TDK. No Nemerex. I avoid that brand in blank CD's. (I might be misspelling that one.) Good luck. TDK is a good brand. It may be the library tape. It's old and a bit worn. Mimi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Stimmel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:37 PM Subject: question about recording books > Hello everyone, > I'm trying to copy an NLS book. I'm recording it, using my tape deck. You > know, with the library tape in one side, and a blank tape in the other. > Well, I've recorded one tape so far, and I've noticed something that I > really don't like, but I don't know if there's anything I can do about it. > When I played the tape in my NLS machine, I had to turn the volume up half > way, so that I could really hear it well. And I noticed that I could hear > noise, I believe from the other track. It wasn't coming threw real loud, > but it was noticeable. > What do you all think? Is it something with my tape recorder, or is this > sort of thing normal? > I'm using TDK tapes, and I've always thought that was a good brand. > Any thoughts on this will be much appreciated. > Terri > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - NetZero HiSpeed! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month -visit www.netzero.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
