{"id":1163,"date":"2018-10-28T14:03:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freemansgarage.com\/blog\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2021-06-07T22:27:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T02:27:25","slug":"reel-to-reel-conversion-to-cd-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/28\/reel-to-reel-conversion-to-cd-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Reel to Reel Conversion to CD\/DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I was cleaning out the basement and uncovered a plastic tote full of old 1\/4 magnetic reel to reel tapes.\u00a0\u00a0 I remember saving these from a dumpster 16 yrs ago when my parents were recovering from a home fire.\u00a0\u00a0 These were my grandfathers tapes and I just could not see them get trashed.\u00a0\u00a0 I had no idea how to play them so I did some searching on google and quickly found links to different reel to reel tape players.\u00a0\u00a0 I did not own a reel to reel tape player so I took a quick trip to the local share shop and I bought a Akai 3000D for $5.\u00a0 It is huge and very heavy.<\/p>\n
I had to oil all the spindles and cleaned the pulleys and switches.\u00a0 It was\u00a0 kind of a pain but I got it working pretty good after that.\u00a0 This is a pretty basic tape player and it only supports two speeds (3-3\/4 and 7-1\/8 )\u00a0 Inch Per Second (IPS).\u00a0 Playing other speeds is a bit tricky but 100% possible with a computer.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I downloaded the freeway software Audacity<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 which is excellent and installed it on my computer.\u00a0\u00a0 I connected the audio output of the tape player to the AUX input on my sound card.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Playing 1-7\/8 IPS tapes is possible on my tape player but I have to play them at 3-3\/4 speed so they sound super fast like chipmunks.\u00a0\u00a0 Simply record this to the computer and then use Audacity to slow down the audio to the proper speed.\u00a0\u00a0 I think I slowed it exactly 50% to make the speed normal for 1-7\/8 IPS.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Save the finished file to your hard drive as a WAV or MP3 file and burn it to a CD using the default Windows 10 CD burning software.\u00a0 It works perfect so you should be able to play any speed tape you want without spending a bunch on money on different tape players.<\/p>\n
\"\"\nI have 100's of these reel to reel tapes full of recordings from the 1970's.<\/p>\n
Here are some neat recordings I was able to save from the early 1970's.\u00a0\u00a0 These are local radio stations around the thumb area Michigan WGER and WGMZ.<\/p>\n\n
WGER FM 102.5 1970 ads\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WGER-FM-102-1970-ads-.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n\n
WGER FM 102.5 1970 Jensen Farm Equipment\n\nhttps:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WGER-FM-102-1970-Jensen-Farm-Equipment.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n\n\n
WGER FM 102.5 1970 News Vietnam War\n\nhttps:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WGER-FM-102-1970-News.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n\n\n
WGER FM 102.5 1970 News Part 2\n\nhttps:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WGER-FM-102-1970-News-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n\n\n
WGER FM 102.5 1970\n\nhttps:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WGER-FM-102-1970.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n\n
WGER FM 102.5 1972 More News Vietnam War\n\nhttps:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WGER-FM-102-1972-NEWS.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n\n\n
WGMZ Flint MI 1969\u00a0 Ad - Edwards Bicycle Shop\n\nhttps:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WGMZ-Flint-MI-1969.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n\n
WGMZ Flint MI 1969 Ad - Buds Trailer Center\n\nhttps:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WGMZ-Flint-MI-1969-3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n\n
WGMZ Flint MI 1969\u00a0 Ad - Flint Journal Happy Ad,\u00a0 Flint institute of Arts\n\nhttps:\/\/www.freemansgarage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WGMZ-Flint-MI-1969-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n

You can download entire tapes below. (1.5hrs each)

WGER Tape 1 Side A<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 1 Side B<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 2 Side A<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 2 Side B<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 3 Side A<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 3 Side B<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 4 Side A<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 4 Side B<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 5 Side A<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 6 Side A<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 6 Side B<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 7 Side A<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGER Tape 7 Side B<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
WGMZ Tape 1 Side A<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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