What Happened To My Analog Tapes?
Channel: Freaking Out With Billy Hume
Date: 12/06/2023

Since I've been pulling out my old analog machines I've had to deal with my sticky shed tapes and how I fixed them. The first part of this video gives a technical explanation about the causes of sticky shed syndrome in analog tapes and the cure for such problems. In the 2nd half of the video I play some old recordings from my past and have a few surprises.

0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Analog tape basics
1:20  - What causes sticky shed tape syndrome
2:06 - How to fix Sticky Shed Syndrome with a food dehydrator and preparing the unit
3:39 - Tape baking times and process
4:20 - Looking for my old track sheets while I'm waiting for tapes to bake
6:24 - Tape baking done
7:17 - Playing back the first reel of tape I baked
9:10 - My rediscovery of what it's like to use an analog reel to reel machine and other silly stuff
10:53 - Playing back a song from my 2nd round of tape baking
12:29 - Playing back another song from the 2nd round of tape baking
15:33 - Calling a friend who I forgot was on this song
19:09 - Ending

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