hansgauffin
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Hi, this seems to be a really active place and the post I wrote yesterday day is already way DOOooown on the page, so I decided to make a new thread. Well I´m in desperate need of your help guys, shame on me, here´s what I´ve wrote as an answere to my earlier thread
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Thanxs for the answers, I´ll take your advice about the loose sockets a reel person, and thanks for the info about patchbays.
I´ll try to reseat the ch.6-8 audio card, but before I´ll do that, I think I need a little tips on how to do that properly without any risk to damage the unit.
I have also found more errors on the machine that´ll need to get fixed. I´ve noticed that the monitor pan/gain controls does´nt work on channel 5.
I can record and hear the track while recording, but when I playback I hear nothing, only when I go to remix mode and have the red L/R assign switches down, then I hear it all perfectly. So there must be something with the Monitor Pot(s) on that channel.
there is also some problems with the left pinch roller. Sometimes when I ff for a while and press stop, it makes some noice as it stops, it looks like it´s somewhat a little bit loose and shaking a little bit. I also noticed that the left wheel is a little bit windy when it moves, not as stable as the right reel.
I´m pretty sure I´ve threaded the tape correct, using the left as feeder reel, but it packs the tape very uneven, actually I think it touches the flanges slightly. How can I try to fix this??? btw. I´m using maxell XL1 35-90B tape, or maxell UD 35-90, I´m not wuite sure, I got a lot of used boxes and the model doe´snt show on the plastic reel.
Before I´ll use this machine to record stuff with my band I need to know that it´s in good shape and I would really want to do some kind of calibration. I´ve read through the manual and realised that it´s quite a tough job to do the complete calibration without basic knowledge of electronics. It´s especially hard for me because of the fact that it´s not written in my native language. Is there a quick calibration method, just to check the most basic stuff??
I´ll try to post some pictures of the heads, which I think are in good shape.
I connected the studio 8 to another tape player (ONKY TA-2026,1985) and pushed REC on both the tape deck and the studio 8, i then played some chords on a clavinet connected to the studio 8, and then rewinded the tape and rehearsed the recorded signal. Everything was recorded by the tape deck and when I compared the unrecorded line signal vs the recorded signal, I could´nt hear any difference in the freq. response. That would at least indicate that the tape heads are in decent shape at least??
I´m really thankful for any advice, and I´m hoping a lot for you to answer as I know you guys really know this machine...
thank you and have a great day
/Hans
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Thanxs for the answers, I´ll take your advice about the loose sockets a reel person, and thanks for the info about patchbays.
I´ll try to reseat the ch.6-8 audio card, but before I´ll do that, I think I need a little tips on how to do that properly without any risk to damage the unit.
I have also found more errors on the machine that´ll need to get fixed. I´ve noticed that the monitor pan/gain controls does´nt work on channel 5.
I can record and hear the track while recording, but when I playback I hear nothing, only when I go to remix mode and have the red L/R assign switches down, then I hear it all perfectly. So there must be something with the Monitor Pot(s) on that channel.
there is also some problems with the left pinch roller. Sometimes when I ff for a while and press stop, it makes some noice as it stops, it looks like it´s somewhat a little bit loose and shaking a little bit. I also noticed that the left wheel is a little bit windy when it moves, not as stable as the right reel.
I´m pretty sure I´ve threaded the tape correct, using the left as feeder reel, but it packs the tape very uneven, actually I think it touches the flanges slightly. How can I try to fix this??? btw. I´m using maxell XL1 35-90B tape, or maxell UD 35-90, I´m not wuite sure, I got a lot of used boxes and the model doe´snt show on the plastic reel.
Before I´ll use this machine to record stuff with my band I need to know that it´s in good shape and I would really want to do some kind of calibration. I´ve read through the manual and realised that it´s quite a tough job to do the complete calibration without basic knowledge of electronics. It´s especially hard for me because of the fact that it´s not written in my native language. Is there a quick calibration method, just to check the most basic stuff??
I´ll try to post some pictures of the heads, which I think are in good shape.
I connected the studio 8 to another tape player (ONKY TA-2026,1985) and pushed REC on both the tape deck and the studio 8, i then played some chords on a clavinet connected to the studio 8, and then rewinded the tape and rehearsed the recorded signal. Everything was recorded by the tape deck and when I compared the unrecorded line signal vs the recorded signal, I could´nt hear any difference in the freq. response. That would at least indicate that the tape heads are in decent shape at least??
I´m really thankful for any advice, and I´m hoping a lot for you to answer as I know you guys really know this machine...
thank you and have a great day
/Hans