After weeks of waiting my MRL calibration tape has finally arrived!
I threaded up my R8, and began adjusting the REP CAL setting. About halfway through the ritual I noticed this:
The tape seems to be shedding worse than my Ampex 457 tapes. Has anyone else experienced this with a new MRL tape? Could my machine be causing this?
![picture005bh9.jpg](https://img366.imageshack.us/img366/2614/picture005bh9.jpg)
I threaded up my R8, and began adjusting the REP CAL setting. About halfway through the ritual I noticed this:
![picture001zw3.jpg](https://img514.imageshack.us/img514/3615/picture001zw3.jpg)
![picture002oj6.jpg](https://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6050/picture002oj6.jpg)
The tape seems to be shedding worse than my Ampex 457 tapes. Has anyone else experienced this with a new MRL tape? Could my machine be causing this?