☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“When there was only analog <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tape</span></a>, making a physical copy of your tapes was the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backup</span></a> (aka “safety copy”). One problem is that this is not actually an exact <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/copy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copy</span></a>. The backup goes through multiple stages of analog circuitry and cabling, and it ends up residing on a totally different magnetic tape – all factors guaranteeing that it won’t be exactly the same as the original. </p><p>Due to tape deck discrepancies or incorrect settings, the copy could even sound different than the original. It also took the industry many years to realize that <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analog</span></a> tapes (primary or backup) might not last forever, and, due to poor storage and sticky-shed syndrome, many old tapes have been pulled out of storage only to have them disintegrate and self-destruct!”</p><p>“Are You Backing Up?” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MikeKosacek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MikeKosacek</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TapeOp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TapeOp</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/recording" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recording</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://tapeop.com/interviews/161/are-you-backing/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tapeop.com/interviews/161/are-</span><span class="invisible">you-backing/</span></a>&gt;</p>