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Regarding "bias", it has been at least a couple of decades since I was setting that (mainly for cassette machines) and had the luxury of a Ferrograph test set to boot! One critical measurement IIRC, at the root of all others was the distortion at some specified recorded flux level. 3% THD was...

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Now then! I watch quite few antiques shows and in the auction rooms (and shops) there are always shedloads of guitars kicking around though very rarely is one the subject. I would bet anyone with a bit of experience could find a gem for little money at such sales? Things like violins and saxes...

The metal post machines for steel strings all seem to have a chrome finish which tells me the base metal is brass? You don't usually chrome plate steel? Nevertheless a chrome finish is going to be very hard, at least as hard as the string so there will be little chance of damage (think...

I am starting to wonder if the chap usually lives under "A Rickety Bridge" ?!! Dave.

Don't want to teach grannies...but you are winding a good bit of string on the winding post BEFORE popping it through the hole? The tight machines might actually be binding in the holes in the headstock, mine were and I just ran a handy size bigger drill through them but you could use...

Always worth with any recording setup to periodically do a "silent" recording? Have mics/ instruments setup as normal and gains similarly then run for 20 seconds or so keeping as quiet as possible. Run the resultant clip through something like Right Mark Analyser ( 44.1kHz, 16 bits) You will...

Just picked up my charity shop nylon strung "classical" which I have not touched for 2 weeks, still in tune. I replaced the machines a year ago as they were tight, inconsistent and had a lot of backlash. All that makes tuning a guitar heavy going. A decent set of machines is about £20. The...

Bit tricky to offer any diagnosis without a schematic of at least that area of the circuit. You can't expect peeps on forums to have access to such data? Dave.

Hello and welcome, This question has three broad solutions each of which has a variety of advantages and disadvantages, mainly down to dosh outlay! By far the cheapest and simplest solution is a USB microphone. Do not despise these! For well under $50 US you can get a USB mic that will make...

Blown motor feed resistor? First thing to do is find a full service manual for the beast. Dave.

I have been infesting audio forums for well over ten years and the concept of "the Vocal Booth" comes up regularly. People seem to have grabbed onto the idea that a VB is a tiny space which is somehow magically transformed to have acceptable acoustics. Not so. Such booths were built in fairly...

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I would say that magg'ed heads will cause more degradation than the very slow wear of the tape (naturally if it sheds LOTS fix that!) There are many more permanent magnets about now that in those days. Boxes and phone cases use quite strong magnetic closers. Now that CRT displays are no more...

Oh! I totally agree Rob, son started with a cassette* then the A3440. But that was then and I grew up with AM radio and Dansette record players. FM radio was a revelation as was BBC2 sound and later NICAM. Now we have CD quality and I just want our OP to be aware of the limitations of his gear...

You are very welcome Geno and I hope I did not cause you any confusion? (I have been known to go on a bit!) Do keep us informed of your progress and post a clip of your recording as soon as you can. 20-30 seconds MP3 (at 320k if you can) attached is the most useful format for me. Don't be...

Sorry Rich but I can't agree. Running a dynamic mic into even a pretty good, modern interface is very challenging with acoustic guitar. A hissy old Sony cassette pre? No chance! I have been there with dymos into a Teac A3440, why I bought a couple of those traff... Even a cheap Behrry mixer...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soundlab-G132C-Microphone-Matching-Transformer/dp/B000KH7RQ8 Better in my HO to go for one of the above (the one with the plug on a cable) for a couple of reasons, It does a 'proper job' of unbalancing the mic very close to the input jack thus allowing any sensible...

Can you not "tell" Reaper to switch to another driver? WASAPI, MME. That's what son and I do in Samplitude. Dave.

Yes, really nice Jimmy. Makes a change from loud OD stuff! I have sent a link to my son in Le Havre, maybe he will do a version on his classical guitar? Dave.