[Tracy CarmanMember]

So… What does 438 kg (966 pounds) of AlfaSound Multitracks look like? They’re slated to arrive here off the boat in mid-June. This is just one example of the insanity around here… and why we charge for what we do (and seek donations).

[GrahamCollins]

Hi TC, impressive effort and expense, but what is the thinking at MPF behind storing multi-track session tapes like this, presuming that you already have the 2-track stereo reductions or backing tracks ?

[michiMember]

I wish I lived closer to Springfield.

[UKJinglesMember]

I wish I lived closer to Springfield.

The Home of The Simpsons

[IainJohnston]

“but what is the thinking at MPF behind storing multi-track…presuming… “

Why is the original Mona Lisa sitting in the Louvre in Paris, for those of us who’ve been there, an actually quite small thing behind a glass screen on the wall, that’s barely visible from behind the public security rail, when I could (and HAVE) bought a digital-source scanned & printed-image MOUSEMAT of it from the museum souvenir shop?

Because the ORIGINAL, and the creative work that went into it, still matters? :^)

OR… Hehheh – someday we’ll be queuing up for a re-sing and “lite” mixouts, rather than the reductions, as Personal Cuts?
(…. please, please, please….)
:^)

[michiMember]

I wish I lived closer to Springfield.

The Home of The Simpsons

The home of MPF…

[Jim Donahue]

Why is the original Mona Lisa sitting in the Louvre in Paris, for those of us who’ve been there, an actually quite small thing behind a glass screen on the wall, that’s barely visible from behind the public security rail, when I could (and HAVE) bought a digital-source scanned & printed-image MOUSEMAT of it from the museum souvenir shop?

Because the ORIGINAL, and the creative work that went into it, still matters? :^)

AMEN!

[glen]

I just wish I lived to Dallas.
I live about 250 miles south of RW.
Not exactly the same.

[Tracy CarmanMemberAuthor]

I just wish I lived to Dallas.

Me, too. I’m in Massachusetts… far from Dallas (but shippers deliver here all of the time)!!

[Tracy CarmanMemberAuthor]

…but what is the thinking at MPF behind storing multi-track session tapes like this, presuming that you already have the 2-track stereo reductions or backing tracks ?

Because it makes more sense than sending them to “the skip” (or the landfill, as they say here in the US). Too much stuff has been lost over the years. The only thing I dislike is the shipping bill… the customs fee… and so on and so on. It’s not a cheap adventure!

[mbMember]

Get Collection #42 out and you can have $20 towards it

[Tracy CarmanMemberAuthor]

Get Collection #42 out and you can have $20 towards it

We’re working on it. Someday I’ll explain the economics of this whole thing………………

[GrahamCollins]

Thanks Tracy – I suppose it does give you complete flexibility to remix or re-work logos in the future.

Comparing a 24-track session tape to the Mona Lisa or any finished painting doesn’t really work. A better analogy would be to say that the tape is the equivalent of Leonardo’s paint-box. It’s just raw audio, flat and dry.

Until someone with considerable skill works on each track to add EQ, compression, panning and a host of possible outboard FX, then mixes it all to a stereo 2-track master you do not have anything that is listenable or could be considered finished.

[IanF]

Too much stuff has been lost over the years.

Very true. To think of the amount of audio that has been thrown out of stations worldwide over the past 40 years and more is very sad indeed

[mbMember]

It’s sad that in the UK the GWR group and management pretty did it much as a wholesale exercise when it took over stations – Some staff gleefully tossing out all the archives as a sign of the worthlessness of their heritage and that the GWR way was the only way! They were cultural vandals destroying hours of local audio archives and jingles!

[michiMember]

It’s just as bad here… radio just does not appreciate its heritage. In less than 10 years, we are going to be coming up on the 100th anniversaries of some stations.. hopefully stations will take the time to remember and acknowledge their past.

[glen]

Tracy
I’m 2200 miles from Dallas around 4000 from you.

[Tracy CarmanMemberAuthor]

I’m 2200 miles from Dallas around 4000 from you.

Well anytime you find yourself in this neck of the woods, feel free to stop by for a tour, like several others have.

[Tracy CarmanMemberAuthor]

They’ve made it to port in NY and should be here by mid-next week.

[amigoMember]

I’ve always wondered how you re-create the finished product mix? Is there a cheat sheet of all the separate settings for each of the 24 tracks?

Amigo

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