Recovering Jennifer's childhood Magnabelt tape on my IBM Executary
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Jennifer has a very odd format magnetic tape. She thinks it may have her voice and that of her beloved late father on it, recorded in1965, when she was 4 years old. I know what it is, it's a 4" IBM Magnabelt! It should fit in my ailing IBM Executary 214. Can we recover Jennifer's childhood recording? That would be the hell of a nice Christmas present.
Here is the raw recovered sound file: drive.google.c...
Viewer Carlos N., a professional sound editor from Portugal, did post processing, removing flutter, hum, noise and other blemishes. Here is the final result:
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With huge appreciation and many thanks to Marc, an artist and a magician, for restoring this magnetic tape, bringing my beloved dad's voice to life and my younger voice. It's Jennifer, from the tape. Thank you, all, for all your very kind comments. My family and I are thrilled and we're very grateful to Marc for this very special tape. Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all!
Thank you for sharing this memory with us. And thank you, Marc, for your patience with the stubborn belt. I too was 4 years old in 1965. Oh, what I would give to have a recording of a moment with my dad from back then.
Merry Christmas Jennifer :)
Thank you Jennifer for letting Marc share your memory with us. I was seven in 1965 and your tape made me think of my father at that time. What a special treat. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Thank you for sharing this emotional recording ! Merry xmas to you and your family Jennifer ! Marc is really a legend ! Merci Marc pour tout ce que tu fait sur cette chaine avec ton équipe ! J'espère un jour un épisode spécial en français ^^ Joyeux Noël !!
Thank you for letting Marc share this great time capsule! I was only 3 in 1965 and was thinking it would have been great to have a recording like this. I really enjoyed listening to you on the tape! Have a Merry Christmas!
What an incredible coincidence that Jennifer is singing “Mary had a little lamb” and this recording, just as Thomas Edison sang on his first recording many decades before 15:43
This is sooooooooooo heart warming.
It highlights why proper archiving and keeping these old machines running is important!
Such a nice Christmas episode
Ah yes, warms my heart too. Just not too much or we'll be over the Curie point, haha!
Great Marc, you have discovered yet another obscure format NOT featured by Techmoan! That's the treat in itself!
When it came alive...i had a little tear in my eye
Same. Wasn't expecting that...
I had a similar 'problem crease' with some photographical film and solved it by looping the film over two kitchen (pastry rollers) and leaving it in the bath room suspended over the radiator for a couple of days. The gentle warmth and mild humidity removed the crease. However, what a charming memory that has been recovered! So delightful and 'meaningful'!
Mary Had a Little Lamb seems especially appropriate given the history of that rhyme and recorded media.
What a beautiful device. It absolutely oozes quality.
To hear that little voice come back to life from so long ago is really something. Something about old recordings that is so haunting yet captivating.
Sadly, everything recorded on digital media will be eternally lost one day - analog things have more chance to survive as their media is simple to read and build. Eventually it will become impossible to retain all that digitally stored data as well.
@cheapasstech to be fair there aren't many things recorded on digital media that are worth preserving for future generations. For things that are I think that storage based on molecular biology is the future.
@@nicksantos43 I agree- but then again - we should make sure they don’t make the same mistake again - I see a future for graphene storage or crystalline molecules
Dad: "Do it Again"
Jennifer: "NO!"
It must be very dusty here, my eyes are watering 😊 what a lovely thing to be able to do
I'm I really that old? I hired on to IBM office products devision in January 1977. I had forgotten that I had serviced those back then. That brought back memories. Thank you.
This video is why it is so important to maintain old recording equipment so we don't loose pieces of our history.
Thank you Marc! Merry Christmas!
I did that with a wire recorder about a year ago, for an elderly lady and her grandmother that recorded it when she was 2. It brought her to tears; and made her day .to hear it.
Bravo! I’m 54 and have my 3 year old voice on some reel to reel tapes so this is reminiscent for me.
I have no idea why I'm crying but here we are.
This is what makes keeping these machines alive worthwhile. Rescuing someone's childhood memories. Really cool you could do this for Jennifer. What with all the time your other projects must take and all.
What a fitting recording of a song to be on a long last tape!
On the one hand it's sooo melting to hear voices from the past. on the other hand it bring some sadness of how quickly times and epochs pass by our attention. :-)
Included in Jennifer''s repertoire is the Anglican hymn "All Things Bright And Beautiful" written by Cecil Frances Alexander and published in 1848. It is still sung in churches today.
We need Jennifer to make at least an audio appearance on the channel.
Believe me, you don't want to hear me now! I sounded cuter at age four!
And this is why the IBM Archive referred her to you: because while they may no longer have the expertise or equipment to recover the data on the belt, they know you have a knack for pulling off such a feat. Kudos, and Merry Christmas to you Marc and you Ms. Bell.
Not crying. I got something in my eye.
It’s hilarious that the OFFICIAL IBM Archives referred Jennifer to you!
Never thought I would cry while watching one of Marc's videos. Thank you Jennifer for sharing this beautiful memory with us and Merry Christmas!!!
same I also never thought that would happen
Oh so I wasn't the only one with sweating eyes!
Same here.
Now, you can add "pulling on heartstrings" to your long list of skills. Merry Christmas my RUclips friend.
Ever since Edison "Mary had a little lamb" has been a classic recording track. What a beautiful christmas present!
Pour un cadeau de Noël, ça c'est un cadeau de Noël! Un grand merci pour elle.
So adorable!
Truly amazing. It brought tears to my eyes.
I'm sure IBM would love to hear about this story.
Its fascinating how long magnetic tape keeps its memory. I always take reel to reel spools home when I find them somewhere. Some were really high quality recordings from the 60s and 70s. The quality only really depends on the on the equipment they used to record.
We're still using magnetic tape as a large storage system. There's a reason for that.
That’s so true. Unless something happens to the binder, mag tapes hold up incredibly well. Both analog and digital ones from that era.
Magnetic tape from World War II is still playable, The earliest I have heard was a stereo recording, made in Berlin in 1944. Paper tape is quite fragile, as is Acetate tape that has not been stored properly but the earlier PVC and later Mylar-based tape is quite tough. The big problem with tape started in the early 70's after manufacturers started reformulating the binder used to hold the oxide onto the tape. For some formulations of tape, the binder became hygroscopic, this allowed the binder to become sticky causing the dreaded Sticky Shed Syndrome which was first noticed in the early 90's. The US manufacturers 3M and Ampex were most affected, but others such as AGFA and to a lesser extent Sony also suffered from SSS. The process can be temporarily reversed by dehydrating the tape in a low temperature convection oven (130 F), which will allow the tape to be played and recovered.
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When you rewound and I first heard the voice I gasped and said "there it is!" Kind of made me feel teary. It's great you helped her retrieve the audio. ☺️
I felt exactly the same. I was so surprised it worked on first try!
@@CuriousMarc Not only did it work the first try but the sound quality is very good considering the age and condition of the media. ☺️
@@BBC600 Yes, that too. It’s surprising how well tape magnetic media holds up. True of digital tapes too.
💗💓💞💕 This episode bought a tear to my eye.
I am sitting here with tears rolling down my face with wonderful emotion. To be able to hear what could have been the lost sounds of a happy childhood was a pleasure to behold. Merry Christmas Marc for allowing dreams to come true and too Jennifer, knowing you and your family get to enjoy the beauty of your past. I'm still sniffing as I type this. All the very best to you all.
All true
A voice from the past... Fascinating!
I always think it's really fun when someone remembers what they think is on some media like this from a long time ago and it turns out they were right!
Just thinking about how her dad kept that at work on a highly valuable ribbon for a while. Probably listened to it when life got tough and her little voice kept him going.
Reminds one of the Simpsons episode where Homer has a picture at work of his kid with a message that says "Do it for her"
Wow what a clever mechanism! Imagine using computer tapes like this with ultra fast positioning on the band
Dude this had me in tears WTF is happening right now
Adorable.
I'm always fascinated when there is a dedicated old technological marvel on the bench and then the camera pans up to show a computer just mostly idling away doing basically the same thing.
We are truly living in the future.
I sensing someone with tears of joy hearing this video.
man this worked way better than anyone could have predicted, who knew back then that these tapes would last this long
With the magic of CuriousMarc, this record came from 'Lost for decade' to 'Broadcast to thousand of people'. Memories are lost when they aren't told anymore. That is awsome. Joyeux Noël
That's amazing! I've never seen this type of machine - your dad sure was ahead of his time to have got an IBM computer for his business in 1964! It was so lovely hearing his voice a bit too, and seeing the old photos. Your family must be thrilled to have had this recovered.
Hi Monica! He was always interested in and excited about technology, so it may well have been ahead of his time.. I remember the computer was massive and took up a whole room! We are truly thrilled with the recording!
Some videos pluck the heart strings more then others...
I don't know Jennifer but this brought a tear to my eyes. Thanks for making a wish come true, Marc. Maybe one of the viewers will be able to enhance the audio of her father speaking.
Excellent Marc.. Just Excellent..
I can relate to this so much. I only have one recording of my late father’s voice, consisting of business matters in 1969 on his Philips dictaphone and recorded before I was born. It was nerve wracking getting it working again and strangely haunting to hear a very much missed familiar but youthful voice from the past. Well done on recovering the audio!
In hindsight I'd love to have a had a recording of my late dad's voice as well as my late grandparents 😮💨
This was a very Christmas special.
And i guess IBM doesn’t have a working machine! There had to other working machines, but Marc is the go to man even for IBM !!
That's beautiful
Merry Christmas!
So nice! So important to look back in life to get forward
Mary had a little lamb...of course, immediately made me think of Thomas Edison and his wax cylinder recording... both swwet and historic that a little girl would choose that tune of all things.
What a cool thing to have....your voice from 60+/- years in the past.
So sweet, what a beautiful voice that little girl had!
I know for Jennifer hearing her father will be so emotional and a treasure. I wish I had a recording of my father, but put a recording device near him and he went silent!
Wow Marc, you really made a beautiful memory piece from it. Jennifer will like this a lot! - I just finished restoring a number of recordings on cassette tape from the seventies when my now ex-wife was seventeen playing several cello pieces before doing a master class. Amazing level at seventeen! This was so wonderful to work on and to give via my daughter as a Christmas present to her mother.
Shout out to us '61 babies.....
Quite amazing to be able to read magnetic media which is both old and badly stored.
This has almost brought tears to my eyes...
Lovely and magical.
Now that's something I did not expect to see/hear such a heartwarming video thanks for sharing
Time travel is definitely possible! 😎👍❤️
I didn’t think I’d end up crying while watching this and reading the comment, but here I am. I have stacks of old 8mm and VHS tapes of my family from the 60’s to the 90’s I really need to recover.
How wonderful, you my friend are a wonderful human.
Um, Marc, is the output of that Executary balanced? If not, you are likely feeding unbalanced stereo into balanced mono on the Focusrite. That would be why the gain had to be cranked... the "right" channel was subtracting the "left" channel on the differential input of the Focusrite. Really cool you were able to recover this for her regardless, just adding my $0.02. 👍
You big old softy Santa you ! well done Marc...Merry Christmas !
I just know this will make Jennifer's day. I'd give anything to have a recording of my father with me as a young child.
Awww this is really heartwarming!
Love it. I didn't even know this device was a thing. Thanks for sharing! 👍 🇬🇧
I'm absolutely amazed that there was anything left on that tape. Way to go, Marc. Another success!
Imagine hearing yourself from nearly 60 years ago lol the Recording sounds remarkably well all considering, heck, I have Compact Disk that i can no longer read because they are now too old hahaha, and yet this thing survived 57 years probably stored away in a sock drawer
wow I was amazed when a tape with quite a few years was played again. Merry Christmas to all
Marc has done many laudable things in his life, public and private, but this must surely rank as the kindest gift that anyone could ask for.
Almost lost to the sands of time, now forevermore on the internet. You’ve restored a beautiful memory.
Im not crying! Your crying!
Lovely!
How do I like this video more that once!!
Marc playing the recording was the greatest gift given to this young lady. Thank you.
Wow! Much wonderful real life, here. Thanks for this, Marc.
(Hey -- if you clean my teeth with your new poky teletype tools, then when I am cold, will my teeth chatter ch-ch-ch-ch-ch at 10 characters per second?)
With this ditty I imagine hearing it in space as the camera explores an unmanned spaceship with objects floating in the air in zero gravity, finally framing this mogul as the batteries run down. A little creepy!
I have one of those. I wish I had (or could fabricate) a belt for it. I also have one of the later models (the 224) and it's less than half the size and weight. It has a belt. They are part of my Magnetic Media Museum. Nice work!
Got lucky with crease. Actually the audio is much better than I expected.
Now… maybe there’s an audio engineer watching that can remaster the audio. Addressing wobble and noise. Hmmm … that would be special too.
I was expecting a disaster. Those tapes must be pretty tough.
You have to send this to Techmoan - this would blow his mind...
Hahaha, why did I also think about him?
What a time capsule that is,... like all the work you do recovering things. Who knew? It just works.
Well done Marc - what a treat for Jennifer and her family, and nice to see the IBM 214 back in action. I bet there are many more bits of family history trapped on old obsolete recording media like this, not to mention more recent family memories stored on fragile hard disks with no backup.
Such a wholesome episode for a wholesome gentleman and his awesome antique technology.
Such an awesome piece of old tech. But I think even greater is the reminder here, that some of the greatest gifts don't have to cost any money at all. Way to go Marc!
Isn’t it amazing after all these years it’s still working? There’s something particularly special about it being recorded to tape too. When you can touch the material that was used to record the audio it seems like you are closer to the memories created, especially knowing that was the very material handled by the authors too
I am not crying .. You are crying .. Damn man .. this is really .. just amazing old but amazing quality. Too much in the feels ...
It's so important to retain our ability to recover recordings on all of these often esoteric formats. Well done my friend keep it up. I suspect you made Jennifer very happy indeed.
You big softie, Marc ❤ I had a family recording off standard 1/4” and have digitised it and is there in perpetuity.
I know for a fact that Jennifer will treasure what you have done for the rest of her life. It isn’t the tech, it’s giving her the connection back to her past. Lovey work! Bought a tear to my eye.
This brought tears of joy and great enjoyment.
Springhooks are lifesavers! Love mine.
Oh my gosh! This is so cool, I am sure you just made her day. And put a tear in my eye. So awesome of you Marc. Merry Christmas Jennifer!
This is so lovely - well done Marc and thanks for sharing - btw Edisons first audio recording was him citing "Mary Had A Little Lamb". Recording history right there :-)
Thank you. Goosebumps here to.
I was just speaking with my little niece and nephew about how there are no recordings of my voice as a kid. There are TONS of videos of them. What a special gift for Jennifer and her family. Merry Christmas yall!
Wonderful gift !!! And i see the automatic translate in italian !