Recent content by StrangeSteve

Hello everyone, quite new to all this been using Reaper with an Ozone Keyboard, either reaper or vista 64 occaisionly loses the ozone driver, this is a bit annoying when in the middle of recording. I have read elsewhere some people are using asio4all ( latest ver supports 64bit). In the reaper...

I recently replaced a slow XP machine, the main reason being I wanted to edit AVCHD video. The new machine has an I7 processor, 6 gig of ram 64bit and does a reasoanble job with video. The old machine had an SW100XG midi card. I'll probaly get sonar for the new machine as the it seems to be...

tape heads Gents, I have taken a pic of the tape heads but unfortunately I'm not able to post as you seem to be only able to post pics from a URL. Anyway done some test's it seems to record ok 2,3and 4, in normal record mode. Sync will only record ok 2,3 not 4 however when recording in sync...

Thanks Gents, i'll have a mess about now, it was only channel 1 that had a lower lever than the other three channels, ill have a mess about this morning and report back. Thanks Steve. oh i try and post a pic of the heads as well .

Ghost you seem the dude to ask, I have just cleaned the heads, demagged, the recorded audio on channel 1 is pretty low and distorted, all the switches are ok and cleaned. if I actually put my finger across the tape onto the head during play and apply a little pressure, the levels come right up...

Hi All, I wonder if someone help me. After initially using the write feature on some faders, the going onto read, I wanted to go back and alter the original setting, when I write over the original settings and go back onto read, it goes back to the original setting and not the one i have just...

Tape Date Thanks for the info I thought as much, there is some new stuff on ebay but it's 1990 stock. maybe it should be avoided. Thanks Steve

Manufacture dates Is there anyway to tell say in the case of Ampex when it was made from the barcode or serial number ? Cheers Steve

tape If I knew i was going to cause so much trouble I wouldnt have asked the question or bought the damn machine !!!!!!!! lol :)

Gent's, thanks for all the replies, I guess i'll try a few different brands and then decide, what was the " great 2005 tape panic ". Cheers Steve

Hi folks this is my first post, got a Teac a3440 of ebay, seems in good nick, I am just about to replace the capstan belt. The manual says its set for UD35,however it got a reel of Ampex 456 on it. I am likely to encouter problems using the heavier ( or thicker) Ampex stock. I heard the...