Question about a tape

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Bloodbone

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I bought a tape from ebay just the other day.
It is on a small reel,and the reel has small holes in it.
No way is this thing going to mount up on my Otari 1/4" deck with the NAB hubs.
What are my options?
I'm assuming I could take the NAB adapters off,and the little reel would mount then.But I don't wanna do that.
Would it be acceptable to just put the tape on the 10" reels I've been using?
Or can I find small reels with the ability to mount on NAB adapters,and put the tape on one of them?
Any advice appreciated.
 
Bloodbone said:
I'm assuming I could take the NAB adapters off,and the little reel would mount then.But I don't wanna do that.
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Why not? That's what you do with those reels.

Would it be acceptable to just put the tape on the 10" reels I've been using?
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Sure.
Or can I find small reels with the ability to mount on NAB adapters,and put the tape on one of them?
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You could do that as well. But really, just take off the NAB adapters and you're good to go.
 
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Funny story related to this issue --

I bought 2 7" reels of quantegy 407 some time ago to use for my jam band record on a 4 track session -- anywho.

Walked into the pro-audio store who carries the stuff, and they freaked out when I told them I was using the 7" reels on a Teac A-3440S. They tried to convince me that I could only use NAB reels on this machine. (idiots)

I ignored their rambling and bought the tape.

So then I asked if they had a spare take-up reel laying around that I could buy. All they had were plastic 7" reels. He handed me one, shook his head, and said "HERE, man, take it. It's so outdated and useless now, I highly doubt you can use it on your machine though."

You bet both the tape and the takeup reel worked. GEEZ. Of all pro-audio stores, you'd think that the ONE store in Austin that still sells open reel analog tape would know their sh*t and not try to swindle people out of ignorance of the product.

At least the takeup reel was free :D
 
That's a hoot!

It's a shame. The stores may be old and established, but if the people behind the counter aren't... well, you know. :)
 
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