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We also offer cassette duplication. Click here for an instant quote and to place your order.

NEWS: We have acquired a small amount of BASF/Emtec Chrome Plus Extra C-60 and C-120 tape. This is one of the highest quality cassette tape stocks ever made. We have a small amount available for custom-loading to your desired length.

HOT PRODUCTS!
	ARRIVED! GENUINE TDK SA COBALT HIGH BIAS TAPE TDK used cobalt in their high-bias tape which some people preferred over the pure chromium dioxide tape made famous by BASF. We have genuine made-in-Japan TDK SA tape. TDK by Imation is not at all the same.
TDK METAL TAPE	We have found a very limited supply (2) of genuine TDK MA Metal Bias Type-IV tape pancakes. If you would like to make an offer on custom-loaded metal tapes please contact us! Each pancake is 8200 feet, good for only 27 C-60 cassettes, or 100+ C-15 tapes. A virgin TDK MA-60 sells on Ebay for $10 to $20 each.

C-ZERO

The plastic mechanism of an audio cassette is called a C-Zero.We load the tape into the C-zero (or C-0) and then it becomes a C-30 or C-60 or C-90.

Samples of audio cassette C-0s we have in stock, click to see more:

Terms: minimum order of $30. Tapes are made on order to exact length (tolerance: +- 10 seconds). Your order must be paid in full before the tapes are loaded - regular clients excepted. Transport charges are not included.

Retail 90 minute tapes were usually 94+ minutes (444 feet). Retail 60 minute tapes were usually 62+ minutes (300 feet). Other packaging options available on request.

Don't forget to add about 10 seconds before and after your program. Calculate your length as twice the longest side. Allow for the speed of your cassette deck to be off by 2% (56 seconds per side on a 95 minute tape).


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Recording Tips for Better Sounding Cassettes!

Don't boost your high frequencies going to cassette tape to compensate for the loss of "brilliance". It will only get duller and more saturated. The following methods might help to get more level, brilliance, and presence:

• Use a premium high bias tape like TDK SA
• Record on TDK SA with normal 120 uS EQ!
• Boosting the upper midrange/lower HF range (from 2 kHz to 6kHz - don't boost above this because you'll probably cause tape saturation and a dulling effect)
• Give more distance between the microphone and acoustic guitars and cymbals! (overly brilliant acoustic guitars,cymbals, and vocal sibilance are the #1 enemy of cassette tape).
• Heavily limit your drum peaks.
• Use a de-esser or a multi-band peak limiter with a built-in preemphasis before limiting, like the Behringer Combinator or Aphex Dominator (a limiter without preemphasis is not very useful for cassette duplication - your highs won't be limited and will saturate the tape more)
• Use a device that adds brilliance only to low-level signals. That is what Dolby B does in its encoding stage. The higher the input level, the less boost Dolby B gives. The Aphex Aural Exciter and similar devices work similarly by adding low levels of HF harmonic distortion. They sound bad if overused.
• Reduce your bias (this will slightly increase your distortion) and the input level (to compensate for the increased distortion).
• Use Dolby HX-PRO which dynamically reduces your bias in the presence of lots of high-energy program. This allows you to maintain higher levels without compressing the high-frequencies.