query preserving field recordings question preserving regular analog recordings made field work rural chinese part collect inventories lexicon along texts ordinary background recording interviews using 45 panasonic microcassette recorder halfspeed quite serviceably even without external mic intend use ordinary highbias nonmetal cassettes material want work detail stories conversations recitation transfer microcassette transcription master remains good condition concerns finding way preserve material originally made analog tape tapes mildew rapidly taiwan southern china even seattle new york tapes become unplayable number years storage thinking inexpensive painless way digitize ordinary analog tapes could transfer cd school price cd 12 one problem wasted space fit 74 minutes uncompressed sound cd one seems choice record stereo even original source mono anyone experience could get far material onto cd compressed nt want confidence today compression protocols readable 20 50 years remember data 1960 us census stored magnetic tape could longer read mid 1980 something important enough preserve cd nt want become unreadable decades appreciate hearing ideas longterm storage also anyone ideas digital equipment might still preferable work like hear summarize responses get sincerely david prager branner yuen ren society asian do21 university washington seattle wa 98195 usa charmii u washington edu web http weber u washington edu yuenren circular html