Clearing a used cassette, your best technique?

[Lasonic TRC-920]

I have been hitting up the "Name Your Own Price Store" and picking up used recording tape. I look for tapes that are in clean used condition. Many of these tapes are Chrome and I wand to reuse them.

What is the best way to make a tape "BLANK" again?

Do you just record over it as is?

Do you record over them with the input left open so no signal is going to the tape?

Do you set it on a big arse magnet over night?

Your thoughts please!

 

[Fatdog]

A dedicated degausser would be your best bet if you plan on doing a lot of clearing. Here's a hand-held model for under a $100:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3 ... _High.html

It will erase more than just cassettes too:

VHS Tape
Beta Tape
3.5" disks
DC 2000 1/4" Data
DC6150 &DC6250 1/4" Data
DC6320 &DC300XLT
VHS-C
3M Mini Data
DC2120
Imation TR-1
Super VHS
SLR 32 (Imation) Maybe
1/2" Imation Royal Guard 777
8mm
Hi8 (maybe-borderline)
3/4" tape
DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
Magnetic metal particle
SLR 32 (Imation) Maybe
4mm (same as DAT)
3M dc2120
Imation Magnus
3M dc2120
DDS (not 4 or 5)
dc9120 imation magnus

 

[Uncle Ed]

Boobys right, thats a great way to go, but if $100 to clear tapes is a little steep, consider my set up.

No deguassing or magnets therapy.
Get a set up like mine, I put a tape on the alter overnight and in the morning the cassette is clean as whistlers mother

 

[blu_fuz]

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

A dedicated degausser would be your best bet if you plan on doing a lot of clearing. Here's a hand-held model for under a $100:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3 ... _High.html

It will erase more than just cassettes too:

VHS Tape
Beta Tape
3.5" disks
DC 2000 1/4" Data
DC6150 &DC6250 1/4" Data
DC6320 &DC300XLT
VHS-C
3M Mini Data
DC2120
Imation TR-1
Super VHS
SLR 32 (Imation) Maybe
1/2" Imation Royal Guard 777
8mm
Hi8 (maybe-borderline)
3/4" tape
DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
Magnetic metal particle
SLR 32 (Imation) Maybe
4mm (same as DAT)
3M dc2120
Imation Magnus
3M dc2120
DDS (not 4 or 5)
dc9120 imation magnus

Interesting.....I never knew that made such a thing! $100 is a bit steep to clear $0.25 tapes....would be cheaper to buy new Chrome tapes in Japan and have the wife ship them back home! But that would be the best way for sure.

Boobys right, thats a great way to go, but if $100 to clear tapes is a little steep, consider my set up.

No deguassing or magnets therapy.
Get a set up like mine, I put a tape on the alter overnight and in the morning the cassette is clean as whistlers mother

http://www.bighappyfunhouse.com/archives/adougheadorama.jpg

Does that work with Lottery tickets too?

 

[im_alan_partridge]

Thats classic Uncle Ed, thats how i pick my Lottery tickets also.

 

[restocat]

Boobys right, thats a great way to go, but if $100 to clear tapes is a little steep, consider my set up.

No deguassing or magnets therapy.
Get a set up like mine, I put a tape on the alter overnight and in the morning the cassette is clean as whistlers mother

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Does that wall and decoration match the rest of your house?

 

[jaetee]

If you have a decent tape deck, the erase head will do that job for you microseconds before the record head writes the new music onto the tape....

But, if you really feel the need to start off with blanks, just pop your tapes into a boombox, set the rec level to zero and wipe the old music out with silence...

Or see if you can find a bulk eraser on ebay for A LOT less than $100

 

[Gluecifer]

If Uncle Ed's tried and tested technique fails get one of these:

All the cool kids have one.



Rock On.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

If Uncle Ed's tried and tested technique fails get one of these:

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All the cool kids have one.



Rock On.

That looks cheap as hell.....how do I get one?

 

[Ken]

I want one. Eds way is bad ju-ju.

 

[Gluecifer]

They're commonly referred to as The Hellraiser box (well, by me and sony_apm_fan anyway) as it contains mysterious powers and hidden compartments.


Go for about 20bux on ebay if you can find em.

It'll TEAR YOUR SOUL APART... and erase all your tapes beautifully.



Rock On.

 

[Ken]

:'-( Yikes!

 

[Uncle Ed]

If you have a unit that does dubbing, just take a new blank and dub it onto the one you want to erase,
and since you used a blank to record over your other one it will be better than just erased it'll be blank.

One of my heads gave me that idea...

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

They're commonly referred to as The Hellraiser box (well, by me and sony_apm_fan anyway) as it contains mysterious powers and hidden compartments.


Go for about 20bux on ebay if you can find em.

It'll TEAR YOUR SOUL APART... and erase all your tapes beautifully.



Rock On.

Erase my tapes and have my SOUL torn apart....How could I loose!

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

If you have a unit that does dubbing, just take a new blank and dub it onto the one you want to erase,
and since you used a blank to record over your other one it will be better than just erased it'll be blank.

One of my heads gave me that idea...

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I had also thought of this....as this was one of the ways we did it back in the day! But I seem to remember there being artifacts left behind on the old tape. I think I will have to use your other heads idea and try it!

 

[ford93]

I got a head idea but it is strickly for the ladies!

 

[Uncle Ed]

Here we are in a serious discussion on blanking tapes and all Juan can think about is Ecclesiastical Hierarchy.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Here we are in a serious discussion on blanking tapes and all Juan can think about is Ecclesiastical Hierarchy.

Last night I tried taping for the first time. I just taped over what was on the tape. There were some artifacts left over but you could only hear it a tiny bit between songs.

Basically I. Hooked my laptop up to the 777z, set the recording level to "auto", created a track list that was 47 minutes long (was using a 100 minute tape) and pressed Record!

The sound is pretty good. I will be checking it out on other radios to see what the sound quality is like.

 

[bill]

mcgyver method

http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/fi ... raser.html