At the W. Cardone Productions booth at the Chelsea Community Fair of 2022 we had a contest that fair patrons were encouraged to play. On one table we had various forms of legacy media such as an audio cassette, a Betamax video cassette, and the list goes on. On the other table we had matching ... Read More »
Audio
Sticky Shed Syndrome
WHAT IS STICKY SHED SYNDROME, ANYHOW? Sticky Shed Syndrome (SSS) took the magnetic recording industry by surprise when first encountered in the early 1980s. It was never an issue until tapes were being brought out of storage and refused to play reliably without breaking. SSS in many cases ... Read More »
A Major “Recap” on a Magnificent Machine
WHAT IS A "RECAP," ANYHOW? In this blog post we outline in detail a "recap" operation performed on an otherwise perfectly operational quadraphonic reel-to-reel tape deck. WHAT'S A RECAP ALL ABOUT? The very nature of our business at W. Cardone Productions is with legacy media equipment that has ... Read More »
Periodic Audio Glitch Solved with APC Power Filter
At W. Cardone Productions our business is to work with legacy audio/visual equipment. By definition, that means equipment that was manufactured for a different age. As a consequence, on rare occasions we run into glitches as in the present case. We recently acquired a project from a local radio ... Read More »
Commercial Audio Duplication to Digital Project
At W. Cardone Productions our typical audio duplication to digital project comes to us from consumers. It might be a set of three or four audio cassettes of varied family events from yesteryear. Each cassette must be captured in real time. Let's assume that each is a 90 minute cassette. The capture ... Read More »
What is a Transcription Record, Anyhow?
What are Transcription Records? Transcription phonograph records were used exclusively by the radio industry before the advent of the superior magnetic audio tape technology. They were 16” in diameter making them much larger than those used for the consumer market. The large size facilitated ... Read More »
