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Tape is dead?

DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
edited January 2007 in Strut Central
Quantegy to discontinue tape.

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  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Weren't they going to discontinue a year or so ago? Whatever happened with that? I recall a few studios stocking up.
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    Weren't they going to discontinue a year or so ago? Whatever happened with that? I recall a few studios stocking up.

    Maybe that was Ampeg? Not entirely sure. This looks pretty final, though.
  • E_DailyE_Daily 812 Posts
    good ole 499
  • E_DailyE_Daily 812 Posts
    looks like this unit is starting to be produced just in time then:
    http://www.anamodaudio.com/
  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
    They had stopped for a while like 3 years ago, but came back from the dead. Another sad ending for the analog recording industry...
  • bthavbthav 1,538 Posts
    tape will always be around.




    i think there is a small comp that took over ampex/quantagy's inventory. you can still buy tape on ebay for the same price.

    i recorded my first record on 499.

    editing is
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    It looks like I'll have to stock up.
  • silvertonesilvertone 765 Posts
    I think they are only stopping gp9 because it is a complicated formulation, some are good, others are not.
    I also expect that ATR service should have thier 'blow everyone out the water' formulation done sometime soon. I wouldn' trip too hard. 3m still has the machines to make tape, as do a few other high end manufacturers. If quantegy stops making tape someone will step in.
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