Hi,
I recently got this Portastudio 488 MKII and before I integrate it into my studio I'd like to clean it and give it a proper maintenance. I'm waiting now for brand new tapes to arrive because there was a lot of noise over my recordings when I tried with a tape I had lying around years (it was the proper type II tape).
I've been searching the net about this but I also like to get some hands on experience from people doing this before. Things to look after, things I shouldn't be doing or botter with. Things like that.
So yeah, anyone around like to share some insights?
What's the main thing to look after?
Oh and another question related to this: is there any 'home-made' tool that can be used to demagnetise the heads? (I have no real demagnetiser at hand)
Thanks a lot in advance
Grtz!
I recently got this Portastudio 488 MKII and before I integrate it into my studio I'd like to clean it and give it a proper maintenance. I'm waiting now for brand new tapes to arrive because there was a lot of noise over my recordings when I tried with a tape I had lying around years (it was the proper type II tape).
I've been searching the net about this but I also like to get some hands on experience from people doing this before. Things to look after, things I shouldn't be doing or botter with. Things like that.
So yeah, anyone around like to share some insights?
What's the main thing to look after?
Oh and another question related to this: is there any 'home-made' tool that can be used to demagnetise the heads? (I have no real demagnetiser at hand)
Thanks a lot in advance
Grtz!