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Frustrated by the early days of sound recording
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<blockquote data-quote="Saturlight" data-source="post: 250619" data-attributes="member: 233652"><p>I am not talking about early talkies here!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /> </p><p></p><p>No, I mean making recordings on a tape recorder for personal use. My older bruv had a reel-to-reel tape machine from the mid 1960s. I loved it as a kid. It looked so professional, like a BBC machine.<img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Then I got my first tape recorder on which me and my mate would tape the Radio 1 top 40. In those days, we all had to keep quiet as either I or him, put the mircophone to the radio speaker. The best way was to put both radio and tape machine in a different room, and leave it alone, with the "sound proof" bedroom door was shut. <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But although Brad (my mate) was quite content with the result, I hated it. I got frustrated by the sound quality, with the harsh "esses" - so instead of "she's my girl" it sounded like "ssssheseshess my shirl!"</p><p></p><p>Grr....lol.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite14" alt=":-doh" title="DOH! :-doh" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-doh" />! It wasn't until the early 1980s when more affordable tape recorders and radios were combined into one package. And the sound improved a lot.</p><p></p><p>Today, "the kids" don't know what it was like, in those early days...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saturlight, post: 250619, member: 233652"] I am not talking about early talkies here!:-rofl2 No, I mean making recordings on a tape recorder for personal use. My older bruv had a reel-to-reel tape machine from the mid 1960s. I loved it as a kid. It looked so professional, like a BBC machine.:) Then I got my first tape recorder on which me and my mate would tape the Radio 1 top 40. In those days, we all had to keep quiet as either I or him, put the mircophone to the radio speaker. The best way was to put both radio and tape machine in a different room, and leave it alone, with the "sound proof" bedroom door was shut. :) But although Brad (my mate) was quite content with the result, I hated it. I got frustrated by the sound quality, with the harsh "esses" - so instead of "she's my girl" it sounded like "ssssheseshess my shirl!" Grr....lol.:-DOH! It wasn't until the early 1980s when more affordable tape recorders and radios were combined into one package. And the sound improved a lot. Today, "the kids" don't know what it was like, in those early days...:D [/QUOTE]
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