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12 refers to mixer 12 refers to audio tracks 14 refers to total available trcks (sync and control tracks are 13 and 14) Both machines are configured the same from what I umderstand. Just a non precise evolution of sensible naming at play here.

I am on year #3 of working on my machines. Have a new one coming. The rackmount mg14d. i have been taking notes everytime i work on them, and currently, i have noticed some weird phenomena with the rewinding and fast forward. The tray that holds the tape needs to be super flat when in down...

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Words of advice that I took into account when messing with this stuff Dreverb. I have more info for those of us who still like to mess with these things. Because all 4 of my machines now have good transports, I went with sweetbeats advice on checking voltages and oscillator. 3 of my machines had...

Hey Sweetbeats, I have been learning alot more about this stuff. You were right on. No power to the board. A couple blown diodes on PS board and it might work again. The "water damage" looks like leaking caps and/ or water. But hey, this was the parts machine never expected to run. Got an...

I found some guy on craigslist who had around 10 machines for sale in San Francisco, and he said 50 to 100 bucks each.....mg14d, 1214 s. I got real exited, but then he raised the price when I wanted multiple machines, claiming that he didnt know there was this much demand, when I was the only...

Sweetbeats, Yes. I bet you are correct on the bias issue. Everything you posted about bias is right on the money about record signal. Apparently, I was simply adjusting the "record level" and not the bias adjustment. With these new schematics, I can better see what is going on. If I can...

Here is my update after a few days of straight Akai Mg1212 work. The "parts machine" I got from you Sweetbeats.......the cam gear had a broken pin. The fix I did with a drill bit and epoxy is better than new. Way better. I worked alot on transport alignment, timing etc.... I could not get...