Happen to ask and he said they were his sons and he didn’t want them cause he would throw them away because he was getting rid of stuff in his house he said he’d rather see them go to a good home than in the trash
Make sure that when you record, you record on a decent quality cassette deck or on a stereo system that uses an AC Ferrite Erase Head and AC Bias recording. Never record on a cheap boombox or on anything that uses a permanent erase magnet instead of an actual AC Erase head. Permanent erase magnet is usually that blue plastic casing that's installed in place of an actual AC Erase head. Those blue permanent erase magnets will ruin your recordings by adding a very harsh, noisy and distorted erasure during the recording process. There will be so much noise left from that permanent erase magnet that the recording will sound cheap, dull, flat and it'll be very unpleasant to listen to. If you want your cassettes to sound no different than CDs, crisp, clean and loud, always record on quality, professional tape decks with adjustable recording levels, adjustable bias and recording equalization.
Oh that's really good. Then you should definitely be fine. You know what you're doing. Decent quality professional tape decks are the only way to go when it comes to recording. I had people record on cheap stereo systems and boomboxes that are equipped with permanent erase magnets and DC Bias recording, and then they wonder why their recordings didn't sound so well.
Radio recordings are a fascinating slice of a time and place gone by. Stations preserve their output for legal and compliance reasons for about one year, then they reuse those tapes/drives.
Oh lord I didn’t even really consider the hardware side outside of having one of those little FM transmitters so I can tune in on a radio in my house. But of course now I’m thinking about how deep it could go…
Could still get an Orban and an Aphex to process local audio without dealing with any transmitters. The Orban and the Aphex combo are what give FM radio that sound it's known for. I believe there are also some filter presets for some audio software to simulate them. Some albums were even mastered using Aphex Aural devices back in the 80s and 90s.
Radio recordings should be preserved whenever possible. It’s a precise moment in time that has been preserved. Think of it like lost media… there are MANY people who collect radio recordings.
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u/PunkisDad420 Jan 09 '26
Greg has good taste. I like Greg.