Recent content by Torin Krell

Dokorder reel to reel recorders were made by Onkyo in several configurations of 2 and 4 track but they all had one thing in common and that was that they were never reliable. In fact I believe Dokorder is one of the few reel to reel companies that went out of business mainly because of their...

Two professional high end companies that make hardware noise reduction units include the vintage Packburn units (better for crackle and impulse noise) and several versions of the CEDAR noise reduction units. The newer CEDAR rack units are amazingly effective and could be rentable in big cities...

Waves and Sony puts out some noise reduction plugins that work well and received good reviews in a SOS magazine review about a half a year ago. For reasonably priced hardware I would recommend the vintage Phase Linear 1000 Series Two. It has settings you can adjust by ear and even an expander...

The classic Shure 58 mic is loved for its sound and broad appeal however it is an old design. Newer dynamic mic designs by companies like EV and AKG often use much more powerful internal magnets which give them significantly higher output levels. This can give better s/n ratios as it demand...

The classic Shure 58 mic is loved for its sound and broad appeal however it is an old design. Newer dynamic mic designs by companies like EV and AKG often use much more powerful internal magnets which give them significantly higher output levels. This can give better s/n ratios as it demand...

IMHO after listening to the KRK V4 original and the V4II I found the original to be far too warm with a broad rise in response around 200 HZ and little real low end response. Male vocals sounded esp thick and unnatural. The V4IIs are clearer, flatter and go deeper - an improvement all around...

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dbx III As far as I understand dbx III is not designed or intended for use with analog tape but rather to extend the dynamic range of certain dbx equalizer hardware up to 20 db. dbx III is contained within the equalizers circuitry and is not available for use as noise reduction for other...

Actually if you are looking for a feature filled 8 track portastudio don't forget the TASCAM 688, which is the best and most feature filled cassette based portastudio ever made. It is truthfully a bit more complex and difficult to master than the 488 & 488 mkII however. Of course if you...

Like Ritzy I always fast wind and then play a cassette tape all the way through before recording on it with my portastudio. For really critical recordings I play them through twice and clean the tape path before recording. Several years ago I saw charts of tape shedding which indicated that...

I agree with you Shedshrine as to why dbx was not as successful as dolby. HX Pro is an additional circuit added to most of the "newer" and better cassette machines. It varies the amount of bias to reduce high frequency saturation. Bias is a very high frequency signal (usually 40khz+) added...

Hopefully someone near the New York City area has a couple of Dolby 422 units to sell as I need them for some transfer work. I am looking for 422s that have all the cards intact for dolby B, C, & S. Thanks!! ~Torin~

Hi Adrian! The Teac 3340(S) was a great reel to reel in its day, as it was probably the very first affordable 4 track 4 channel recorders to offer true multitrack recording ability (although this ability was added after its initial release). However, given your maintenance concerns you might be...

The two units are rather similar. In fact it appears that the 228 is based on the older 128 which in turn is based on the even older 118. The 128 and 228 both offer audio expansion, DBXII noise reduction and DBX (vinyl) record decoding. The 128 also offers audio compression which the 228 does...

The two units are rather similar. In fact it appears that the 228 is based on the older 128 which in turn is based on the even older 118. The 128 and 228 both offer audio expansion, DBXII noise reduction and DBX (vinyl) record decoding. The 128 also offers audio compression which the 228 does...