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He had made the basic error of using the original and did not have a copy.




That's not an error when you are dealing with analog magnetic tape, my friend.

You see, there really can be only one copy, because to copy analog tape you lose too much in the generational transition.

Yes, "back in the day" the engineer with the marking crayon, razor blade and the splicing tape really only got but one shot at it to get it right.


--Mac