Day 315: Technical difficulties
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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
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Day
315 — Technical difficulties
12-Jun-1972
(Montag–Mon.)
TRANSCRIPT
Played horn. Good today. Tuned it up electronically.
Made two copies of Fantasy.
The quality was not good because the Revox [tape
recorder] to play 38 stereo is only about 50 years
old. And it doesn’t play back tone, only distortion.
It’s pretty funny that only one stereo 38 can always
be played.
Went for Polish visa. Will return tomorrow.
REFLECTIONS
Tech
support. It looks
like I need tech support today because I’m
complaining about the quality of the tape copies that
I am making for the studio. Remember, these tape
recorders (there were four in one studio, believe)
were well-used—remember, how much time I was spending
in the studio all of those months. I imagine that I
got over this crises and it worked its way out.
Tape speed. 38 refers
to 38cm per second tape speed that is comparable to
15 ips (inches per second). These are pro recorders.
Old 1/4” consumer tape recorders ran at 7-1/2 ips.
Poland.
Visa.
John
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