ianbernacett
Member
Hey homerecording,
I've tried reading up on the sticky tape syndrome thread and don't quite understand how to tell if tape indeed has STS?
I just finished tracking tracking some tracks on my Tascam 388 using scotch 207 basically when I took the tape off the reel. I noticed the beginning of the tape basically the part after the leader was basically "squished" for lack of better words; it looked as if the tape melted a bit and "squished" together the rest of the tape was fine it also had a three mark groove for a little while indented in the tape after the part of tape that was "squished" together. Has this happened to anyone? If so is it indeed a symptom of STS?
Also do you have to cut off the leader on tape a friend told me to do this so the plastic doesn't run over the heads but I don't know how true this is?
I've tried reading up on the sticky tape syndrome thread and don't quite understand how to tell if tape indeed has STS?
I just finished tracking tracking some tracks on my Tascam 388 using scotch 207 basically when I took the tape off the reel. I noticed the beginning of the tape basically the part after the leader was basically "squished" for lack of better words; it looked as if the tape melted a bit and "squished" together the rest of the tape was fine it also had a three mark groove for a little while indented in the tape after the part of tape that was "squished" together. Has this happened to anyone? If so is it indeed a symptom of STS?
Also do you have to cut off the leader on tape a friend told me to do this so the plastic doesn't run over the heads but I don't know how true this is?