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Question for you recording/engineering/experts I was listening to Millie Jackson on the radio here in Dallas and heard her mention that she sent some of her master recordings out to be "baked". Can someone explain that to me. I have done a little searching and cannot find a clear answer.
She brought it up when the story came out about some J5 recordings that were recently discovered. The story she read said that a few of the tapes had deteriorated and may not be able to be saved. She then said that the masters could be sent to a studio and be baked. She said she did that with her master recordings, but only after she discovered that needed to get one of the tracks transferred and the engineer at the recording studio suggested that she bake her masters. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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This "baking" process was also mentioned when we discussed Prince´s vault and his master tapes here at the org. As far as I know, you can only bake tapes once and then they´re pretty much destroyed, so you bake them and save what´s on them.
Prince´s engineer in the mid 90s, Hans Martin Buff, spoke about this in an interview years ago.He said that a lot of old tapes are deteriorating and that Prince should do something about it before it´s too late. " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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Here's a very detailed explanation of how and why analog tape breaks down over time and an interesting baking technique that a good friend of mine did:
http://www.tangible-techn...king1.html tA  Tribal Disorder
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Thanx!  **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: Thanx!
You're very welcome. Eddie Ciletti (pronounced Chill-Let-tea) has been a high-end repair technician and a writer for many recording magazines. Currently the Tech's Files column in MIX magazine. He also has started teaching recording techniques in Minnesota. tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: daPrettyman said: Thanx!
You're very welcome. Eddie Ciletti (pronounced Chill-Let-tea) has been a high-end repair technician and a writer for many recording magazines. Currently the Tech's Files column in MIX magazine. He also has started teaching recording techniques in Minnesota. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 That's cool to know. I'm going to forward this link to Millie Jackson. She would be happy to know this. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: theAudience said: You're very welcome. Eddie Ciletti (pronounced Chill-Let-tea) has been a high-end repair technician and a writer for many recording magazines. Currently the Tech's Files column in MIX magazine. He also has started teaching recording techniques in Minnesota. tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 That's cool to know. I'm going to forward this link to Millie Jackson. She would be happy to know this. More info from Mr. Ciletti... Neal thanks for the props! You should know tho, that tapes can be baked multiple times and, I can't say how many because I haven't yet met the wall. This a is a good thing considering the varied approaches to reviving old masters during and after the transfer. For example, I am fairly certain that The Beatles tapes didn't suffer from this problem, but obviously each transfer - and all the archaeological digging - seems to yield better results. eddie ...Hope this helps. He teaches at these 2 locations: http://www.ipr.edu/ http://www.mastersrecording.com/ tA Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: daPrettyman said: That's cool to know. I'm going to forward this link to Millie Jackson. She would be happy to know this. More info from Mr. Ciletti... Neal thanks for the props! You should know tho, that tapes can be baked multiple times and, I can't say how many because I haven't yet met the wall. This a is a good thing considering the varied approaches to reviving old masters during and after the transfer. For example, I am fairly certain that The Beatles tapes didn't suffer from this problem, but obviously each transfer - and all the archaeological digging - seems to yield better results. eddie ...Hope this helps. He teaches at these 2 locations: http://www.ipr.edu/ http://www.mastersrecording.com/ tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 That was very helpful. Thanx **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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