just what I never wanted. a plugin that emulates ye old digital tape machines from yesteryear.

[pucho812]

Maybe he used them as a servo amp? I'm not a servo expert at all, however....

Bri

maybe? I didn't get into topology discussion with him

 

[boji]

I wonder how many [HD] failures I will find. It only a matter of time.

Hope ya got some desiccant beanbags in there with them

Put a few in my dingy basement and now they're covered in oxides and lichen.

 

[JohnRoberts]

years ago at an AES about 2007, John klett had a new mic pre that had 741's in it. He claimed that the 741 gets a bad rap and that if used properly they are just fine.

maybe? I didn't get into topology discussion with him

This came up recently in a discussion about DOA design. The 741 was a breakthrough op amp for its time. It was the first op amp with unity gain stability compensation integrated inside. This opened up a chapter of cookbook, simple math, audio circuit design.

Back in the 80s I did a comparison between +4dBu and -10dBV audio SKUs for my "Audio Mythology" magazine column. While intuitively the +4 dBu audio paths with hotter signals should be better, surprisingly the -10dBV audio paths, when properly designed were more than respectable.

The not very obvious secret is that typical audio signals are not very fast. As long as the audio paths operate at modest closed loop gains and don't exceed slew rate limits the audio can be quite linear. Many good recordings have been made with -10dBV gear.

Do not look for some nostalgic magic from using old IC designs. Modern op amps pretty much beat the 741 in every objective specification.

JR

 

[fazer]

Hope ya got some desiccant beanbags in there with them

Put a few in my dingy basement and now they're covered in oxides and

It’s very dry climate in Colorado and dry than Denver where I live but I guess I’ll have to check those drives and do some new transfers.

Just saw a segment on the news this morning about people and their digital life in the clouds as well as accounts and how to preserve the data after they’ve left the planet. With what’s happened to music over the last 50 years, the safest place is preserved on iTunes, Spotify and streaming. Anything else is probably just digital dust.