eh...
I dunno about SLAMMING THE TAPE on these machines. The Dolby C kinda keeps everything secure from saturation. You'll have to crank something calibration wise to even come close to achieving tape saturation. If the thing's still factory calibrated, then it's running at +5. If you use a +3 level tape like 406 or 407, you might get some grungy saturation. lol. Could be a good thing or a bad thing. Good luck w/ that.
I got some test clip adapters, but I will let you know when I actually start to tweak this machine. (Finals week. not enough time )
And about using 499/GP9, Not too sure about that. I know that the Fostex electronics aren't meant to be cranked too high, and using 499 tape on a +5 operating level.........yeah it'll give you less noise in the tracks, but seems to me that the sound quality of the actual recording would suffer. You may try calibrating it up to +8, but that may sound terrible. I dunno.
I dunno about SLAMMING THE TAPE on these machines. The Dolby C kinda keeps everything secure from saturation. You'll have to crank something calibration wise to even come close to achieving tape saturation. If the thing's still factory calibrated, then it's running at +5. If you use a +3 level tape like 406 or 407, you might get some grungy saturation. lol. Could be a good thing or a bad thing. Good luck w/ that.
I got some test clip adapters, but I will let you know when I actually start to tweak this machine. (Finals week. not enough time )
And about using 499/GP9, Not too sure about that. I know that the Fostex electronics aren't meant to be cranked too high, and using 499 tape on a +5 operating level.........yeah it'll give you less noise in the tracks, but seems to me that the sound quality of the actual recording would suffer. You may try calibrating it up to +8, but that may sound terrible. I dunno.