I'm just wondering if anyone has had experience of an audio cassette recorder causing damage to pre-recorded tapes, or wiping segments from it.
There have been plenty of occasions, recently, where I have found that a previous audio cassette player has silenced out a small portion of the tape or caused other noises. The tapes in question are pre-recorded and store bought, with the record-enable tab missing, so pressing Record accidentally is out of the question.
On one of the tapes, the recording on it suddenly goes to silence for a couple of seconds and then resumes at full quality, as if nothing had happened.
On another tape, a different effect has occurred - the recording suddenly gets silenced and there's a high-pitched whistle for one second. Another second later, the recording comes back on but at a lower volume. A few more seconds later, and the full volume resumes.
In addition, I've found that if I turn off my hi-fi system with a tape in it (in the middle of the tape, not on the leader), I find it's left a small 'click' on the tape when I play back that segment again. This even happens if I manually stop the tape with the stop button before turning off power!
I'm sure you remember the post I made a while ago about a strange noise on a blank audio tape. Could it have been made by one of my tape machines as it stopped rewinding or playing? Anyone had similar things happen on audio tapes?
There have been plenty of occasions, recently, where I have found that a previous audio cassette player has silenced out a small portion of the tape or caused other noises. The tapes in question are pre-recorded and store bought, with the record-enable tab missing, so pressing Record accidentally is out of the question.
On one of the tapes, the recording on it suddenly goes to silence for a couple of seconds and then resumes at full quality, as if nothing had happened.
On another tape, a different effect has occurred - the recording suddenly gets silenced and there's a high-pitched whistle for one second. Another second later, the recording comes back on but at a lower volume. A few more seconds later, and the full volume resumes.
In addition, I've found that if I turn off my hi-fi system with a tape in it (in the middle of the tape, not on the leader), I find it's left a small 'click' on the tape when I play back that segment again. This even happens if I manually stop the tape with the stop button before turning off power!
I'm sure you remember the post I made a while ago about a strange noise on a blank audio tape. Could it have been made by one of my tape machines as it stopped rewinding or playing? Anyone had similar things happen on audio tapes?
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