Outlaws
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I have an old AKAI Quadraphonic. 202D-SS to be exact. I am curious if it is possible to bypass the preamp that is in it all together?
The reason being that I get unwanted distortion when the signal peaks. My understanding is that if I use my quality preamp with higher headroom then I will get the mystical "tape compression". I assume I am already getting some just by recording, but you know what I mean, so.........anyhow.
Can I just follow wires from the inputs and find where they hook-up later in the signal chain and run my preamp to that?
The reason being that I get unwanted distortion when the signal peaks. My understanding is that if I use my quality preamp with higher headroom then I will get the mystical "tape compression". I assume I am already getting some just by recording, but you know what I mean, so.........anyhow.
Can I just follow wires from the inputs and find where they hook-up later in the signal chain and run my preamp to that?