Cassettes dubbed from reel-to-reel, backwards. Any ideas on how to recover?
January 13, 2011 1:20 PM Subscribe
I have some old cassette tapes of African music made by my in-laws who were missionaries the in the 1960s. A friend transferred the reel-to-reel recordings to cassette. Backwards. My in-laws didn't play the tapes until much later, and the original reels were overwritten by then. Any ideas on the easiest way to restore the music?
Best answer: Recording the tapes onto a computer, then reversing the recording will be trivial. Any audio recording program should be able to handle it. Audacity is free.
posted by zsazsa at 1:23 PM on January 13, 2011
posted by zsazsa at 1:23 PM on January 13, 2011
Response by poster: Perfect. I have Audacity and use it all the time. I just had no idea it would allow you to do that. Thanks.
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posted by JParker at 1:34 PM on January 13, 2011
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