Recent content by bleachboy

Hi ! My meter is a FNIRSI 2C23T, it's a very basic model (but it's very easy to understand, I'll probably upgrade later on if needed).

Great advice as always, thanks a lot. Quick thing : I understand that bias levels on the VU will be out of range because of the +3 db record level (I’ll try what you’ve advised) but my main concern was that the bias level potentiometer was acting opposite to what was described in the manual, and...

Hello ! I managed to find the missing shoulder washer and installed it, and then I finally went to work on calibrating the 58 ! It's crazy how much faster it went compared to the TSR-8, that was a relief ! Visual check of the tape path was OK, no curling on the edges of the tape. But I guess...

Wow thanks so much, that's gonna help a lot. I'm sure I'm gonna find that missing shim washer by accident in a couple of years but yeah I'll need a replacement in the meantime. I found a couple of places online that sell 06 x 12 x .5 steel washers for nothing, however I'm having a hard time...

Got it !! I'll try to swap around the 4 roller bearings to see if one combination works better than the other. But at the very least I'll need to find a second washer with the correct specs, problem is I can't really measure the washer dimensions accurately (especially the "depth", for lack of a...

@Dave : thanks so much for all that info ! For now it seems a little over my head with my meagre electrical engineering capabilities !! @sweetbeats Thanks for clarifying the "too hot for the heads" issue. I knew it wasn't exactly that that was the problem but couldn't think of anything more...

Thank you as always ! First of all, yes my MRL calibration tape is fringing compensated, four frequency (1kHz, 10kHz, 16kHz and 50Hz). And the tape I'm planning on using is SM911 RMG tape. I thought about going SM900 at +9 but I thought it could be a little too hot for those heads ? I might be...

Hello everybody ! I've had a TSR-8 and 58 for some time waiting to be set up and I'm finally doing it. I'm starting with the TSR-8 which I have used successfully for a couple of years but since I've had all of the heads relapped a while ago I wanted to do a thorough setup so I can finally get...

Of course, this makes total sense. Thanks again for taking the time to clarify this whole business for me. I have seen your videos but it's definitely time for a refresh. I just might continue working with only 1 tape machine in sync with the DAW and ping pong tracks back and forth, dumping...

Thanks Cory ! You've nailed it as usual, that's pretty much what I expected, but I guess I was trying my best to find a solution for this. There's a reason those synchronizers sell for a lot of money these days...I guess I'll console myself with just one tape machine in sync ! Just another...

Hello everybody ! I'd love a little bit of help regarding a little fantasy that I'm chasing (no pun intended...), and I'd love for somebody to say "forget it it'll never work" quickly so I can get on with my life ! I already know how to sync either of these Tascam tape machines to my DAW, via...

Yes I did ! As a matter of fact I think it was more a patchbay issue. But now I’ve patched the drum bus into a Fairchild compressor clone by Stam Audio and it sounds sweeeet !

EDIT : fixed it. I don’t really know how thought !! Hello everybody. I’m currently in the process of mixing an album on my M512. It’s the first time I’m doing that (I’ve only been using it for tracking and summing until now), and I wanted to use bus compression on my drum buss (1&2). I removed...