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    MCI 1" 8-track vs Tascam 1/2" 8-track

    Hi all, I've been mulling over getting an MCI JH110c-8 1" 8 track that's for sale locally but i was looking at the specs and they look, if anything, slightly inferior to those of my tascam 58 http://www.mcirecording.com/JH-110/JH-110C-8%20Specifications.pdf Granted the s/n ratio specs are for...
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    test equipment -- what's worth buying?

    hi all, I'd like to check to see if my tape machines, outboard gear and mixer are all more-or-less telling me the truth with their VU meters. Would a AC Millivoltmeter be a worthwhile investment do you folks reckon? I read in the book 'Studio Produces for Recording Engineers' by Sherman Keene...
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    studer b67, pin 2 hot?

    Hi all, I'm going to pick up a Studer B67 this evening and i was just wondering if anyone here knew which pin is 'hot' 2 or 3? thanks in advance
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    Timing tape? Is is just leader in plaid?

    Hi all, sorry if this has been answered elsewhere. nothing came up in the search. I got some quantegy 1/2 white plastic timing tape. (I ordered leader tape, and this showed up instead.) I'm curious to know: what's the deal with this stuff and is there any problem with using it as leader? thanks...
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    sm900 on Otari MX5050 alignment weirdness

    Hi all, I've run into some weirdness on some RMGI sm900 tape on an MX5050 mkii 2-track. After setting up with the recommend overbias (4db) for the otari's record gap size it sounded fine, but it very quickly fell out of alignment (it suddenly dropped about 5 or 6 dbs). Mostly on channel 1 oddly...
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    Any great albums recorded on 1/2" 8 track?

    Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone could think of any good-sounding records known to have recorded to 1/2" 8 track decks? (I use a Tascam 58 and I'm particularly curious if anyone has done good work on these and similar tascam machines). I recall reading that Mudhoney's Superfuzz Bigmuff...
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    Tape machine alignment question

    Hi all, I had a tech set up Tascam 58ob to use sm900 tape a while back and finally attempted to check to see if it was still in alignment today. I was able to set the overbias to -4db (as recommended in the manual and recommend by rmgi for .25mm head gap machines) and I was able to get the...
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