What Happened To My Analog Tapes
Since I ve been pulling out my old analog machines I ve had to deal with my sticky shed tapes and how I fixed them. The first part of this video gives a technical explanation about the causes of sticky shed syndrome in analog tapes and the cure for such problems. In the 2nd half of the video I play some old recordings from my past and have a few surprises. 0:00 Intro 0:56 Analog tape basics 1:20 What causes sticky shed tape syndrome 2:06 How to fix Sticky Shed Syndrome with a food dehydrator and preparing the unit 3:39 Tape baking times and process 4:20 Looking for my old track sheets while I m waiting for tapes to bake 6:24 Tape baking done 7:17 Playing back the first reel of tape I baked 9:10 My rediscovery of what it s like to use an analog reel to reel machine and other silly stuff 10:53 Playing back a song from my 2nd round of tape baking 12:29 Playing back another song from the 2nd round of tape baking 15:33 Calling a frien
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