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"The Rocketeer" 3D Comic - 1991 cassette tape supplement

(a.k.a. "the "Cliff's Notes" version (hah!)) In 1991 the House of Mouse released a 3D comic book with an audio supplement on cassette (both of which are now quite rare). I actually had this set "back in the day" but lost the tape years ago. I was lucky to recently find a pair of the tapes, both new in shrinkwrap, on Amazon. This recording was produced using a combination of binaural crossfeed processing and a QS phase generator for its "3D" effect, possibly one of the very few uses of a quadraphonic matrix system solely as a special effect rather than for 4-channel reproduction. (Very old-skool and VERY analoue!) Unfortuately it doesn't play very well in QS or Pro Logic, because of the phase errors and limited bandwidth endemic to cassette tape technology, and because it wasn't actually mixed with quad playback in mind but for (stereo) headphones. Oh well. The credits list in the J-card drops some now rather famous names amongst 90s-2000s TV cartoon and voiceover enthusiasts. The tape is new-old stock from 1991 and this transfer is from its very first playback, so it is of quite high fidelity. The audio peaked around +6 VU, especially on side 2 (why?) as it came off the tape. I hav

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