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Latest studio photos... I continue to refine and loving recording to both 16 track 1" and 2 track 1/4" tape so very easily with this system.

Thanks @ecc83 for the correction, I kinda meant set away from the wall, and should have said on a 1/3 - 2/3 basis depending on the room size/shape. The studio I worked at in 1993, which was built in 1976, all analog, we had huge bank of speakers in the upper portion, on an angle, on the wall...

btw, I deal with the rear ported design by having my monitors about 12” from the wall and using the built in electronics to modify them to better suit my space (i.e. bass response and high filter), that and having the bass trap behind them about 2” off the wall seems to help as well. As Pinky...

When I built my studio last year, and showed pics here of it empty with shiplap plank walls, everyone warned I was going to have massive reflection issues. By the time I filled up the 10 x 12 space with console desk, recorders, shelves of books and storage, keyboards and guitars on the walls… I...

@maurice.marion That’s great! Yes, we have quite the wonderful community here. I have learned so much from this thread and from @sweetbeats, we are lucky to have him and so many others here willing to help! I look forward to helping and conversing with another M-520 user!

BTW, I took this cool photo of my M-520 to use as my iMac background screen. If anyone wants it, this is the full res version.

I thought I'd share minor project but one very needed. I'm glad I completed it today. In a small studio, space is everything and being able to push my chair under the console saves a lot of room. I originally had a sliding keyboard shelf but the ergonomics were all wrong typing and mousing so...

A minor project but glad I completed it today. In a small studio, space is everything and being able to push my chair under the console saves a lot of room. I originally had a sliding keyboard shelf but the ergonomics were all wrong typing and mousing so low. I don't use the computer and console...

Hey, great tune and the flange sound would be cool but I'd hate it if it was always on. Maybe Sweetbeats suggestion about not being identical tracks... worth experimenting. I, too, love my M-520 so much that when I saw one come up on FB Marketplace for free, I jumped on it. Turns out it was...

@maurice.marion That's great news!! Congratulations! On the buzzing, I concur with Sweetbeats, sounds like digital noise. Lots of variables but when I connected my keyboard (I have vintage synths) mixers from the other side of the room to my console, I had that kind or buzz and used a Hum...

I use a Mackie monitor controller to switch monitors. Since I’ve gotten the Yamaha HS8s and got rid of the JBL 308MKII (They were not good reference monitors in my opinion, added a lot of color and bass, the HS8s are way more flat response and trustworthy like my old HS5s) my HS5s are just too...

Thats awesome you thought of me about that. St. Louis is about 5 hours away from me. Yes, I have a custom built desk that houses my M-520. I do have the 2nd fully working M-520 in storage as my backup, and not sure I need this but $50!!! ugh. Might have to plan a trip and snag it just to store...

Hey @maurice.marion! Welcome to the M-520 family! Sweetbeats will be the best to diagnose this but, I’ve received so much help getting mine up and running last year that I‘d like to at least try to help if I can and give back. That said, I’m sure you’ve covered this part but thought I’d ask: do...

I will! Sounds like a good thing to experiment with!

I recently decided to save a little money building my mic locker and bought a Warm Audio WA-87 (Neumann U87 clone), Warm Audio WA-14 (AKG C414 clone) and a Golden Age R1 MKII Ribbon (RCA ribbon clone)… then I also was able to use my Musician’s Friend rewards to purchase a Neumann TLM 103 for...

Alignments looked just fine. I also did all the other adjustments to the pinch roller pressure and stroke. All to no avail, same problem with the ATR tape leaving the heads and the walking around, and eventually off, of the tape on the take up reel side pinch roller. Other than spending money on...

I can check those alignments tomorrow. Our power just went off here, 7” of snow for us in NW Arkansas is a lot for our systems to handle, saw a transformer blow while taking the dogs out. Gonna be a cold night! Thanks for sending that, I see that in both manuals now! I hope that’s not the case...

I thought I mentioned earlier that after the tape falls off the heads, the squealing sound starts and the tape gets “squirrely”, sorry, i should have been more descriptive and less southern (ha ha) about it. I meant that the tape started walking around on the pinch roller as shown in the video...

Fixed the tension arm damper string. Put it back together (still don't know what that red tipped cable plug is for!?). machine operates again and the tape doesn't drop from the heads with the ATR MDS-36 tape, but the walking on the pinch roller is still happening and eventually it snarls up the...

Okay, so I opened it up. Upon inspection, I immediately noticed this anomaly: The supply side tension arm spring is not extended like the take up side. The little washer is on the wrong side of it's holder. It's a closed holder screwed on, so, not quite sure how it was possible to move unless...