hobby #95

Reel-to-Reel Tape Restoration

Servicing and operating vintage open-reel tape decks. Replacing belts, demagnetizing heads, cleaning oxide buildup, aligning record/playback heads, and splicing tape. Learning the analog audio chain from source to spool.

Forty-Three Years of Oxide Before I Dare Press Play

The machine came with a tape marked "DAD'S BIRTHDAY 1983." The heads are magnetized. No pressure.

code-a-day tied to this hobby

Filling the Silence Between Two Good Samples Linear Interpolation

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