Dominick wrote on Fri, 28 January 2011 09:47 |
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He cautions against baking Agfa tapes as a matter of course. Much as I do regarding any tape. I must agree with Mark that I've never seen a roll of Agfa 469 that didn't need baking. That stuff shed brand new out of the box! We've had better luck with Agfa 468. About a 50-50 chance it won't need baking.
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thanks Dominick, I feel the same way about 468, but again, I'd bake the MF first, there's a 50-50 chance it COULD stick, tearing off the emulsion and pretty much ruin your year.
I honestly am of the opinion that its safer to bake a tape, from, say '74 onward, than not. Even a tape that seems to play fine for say a song or two, may only slightly be shedding. A few minutes later, whammo! (guess how I figured this one out)
Having said that, ALL my experience with baked tapes are from the Laboratory Oven at Capitol Studios, not a food dehydrater. Its the kind of thing they use in medical and research facilites, very expensive, very effective, super tight temperature control, safety features, fans, etc. In fact, the rare times I get old tapes at Little Red Book Mastering, I send 'em over to Capitol for baking, and refer all baking to them.
Not exactly cheap though, I think they charge about $40 per reel.
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