31 year old cassette... poss. to improve it electronically?

31 year old cassette... poss. to improve it electronically?

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TonyRPH

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13,120 posts

174 months

Monday 6th September 2010
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As per the subject really - I have a cassette I recorded off air (FM) 31 years ago. spin

Tape deck azimuth was out - I have corrected that for playback purposes. (Playing back on a more modern deck).

Overall the sound quality isn't that bad - just a bit limited at the extremes - is there any 'auto magic' software I could run it through to enhance it?

TIA.

corradoG60

1,479 posts

193 months

Monday 6th September 2010
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You could give this a try, its free
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

ribbit

56 posts

200 months

Wednesday 8th September 2010
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You can't add something that wasn't there in the first place.

Fiddling with the eq may supress some unwanted frequencies and bring forward others, but a flat transfer usually works best. If your amp has tone controls, they'll do a neater job than an equaliser and the effects are reversible.