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And don't even think about using these tapes for recording because baking only makes them usable for a couple of weeks or so. Don't use a conventional oven either. You need a low temperature oven like a laboratory oven or a food dehydrator. Baking times seem to be getting longer as tapes age so...

No-one seems to have mentioned Thimeo Stereotool - a complete broadcast processor in a VST.

I'm not sure how the noise reduction switching is done on the MS16 but on other machines I've serviced NR switching is done using FETs or electronic switches like the 4066 CMOS chip. Hopefully one of those has gone wrong because they are fairly easy to replace. Presumably the NR is done using a...

Do you leave your mics out when they aren't being used? If you do then it is a good idea to cover them with a freezer bag or something similar to prevent dust and dirt from collecting on the diaphragm. When you combine contamination with condensation or moisture you get problems like this.

My son learned to solder when he was 9 with unleaded solder (which I find more difficult to use than the old 60/40 stuff). 2 years later he is now building a synth and his soldering is neater than mine!

No idea - the nearest that I've used to Auratones are a similar sized pair of Dynatron speakers with single drivers. However, I've never got into working with "grot boxes" so the Dynatrons just sit there propping up other speakers. I'm using Tannoy Berkeleys - the little brother of the huge Ardens.

Oddly enough I was reading about the Sheffield Labs direct to disc albums the other day. They were around in the 1970s and Doug Sax was the cutting engineer while pianist Lincoln Mayorga was the producer. I don't think the article is online at the moment though.

The SMPTE code is independent of tempo. On the SBX-80 you have to set a start time and tempo for each song and also insert any tempo changes at the appropriate point. If you re-use the tape you can keep the old code and just change the start time and tempo on the SBX-80. One tip - make sure you...

The Reaper developers have been working on this and I believe that you can disable processing of silence in Reaper now.

As Sweetbeats says, that's going to be irrelevant if you are hooking the SBX80 up to up old Midi sequencers but it could be relevant if you ever get the gear to use your DAW as a sync slave to tape. You'll need a synchroniser with word clock output though and they are fairly rare. If you use the...

I'd agree with Rob - 4 inputs is just too limiting once you start getting into recording drums. An 8 input interfaces is the minimum but it would be worth getting one that is expandable because you will probably want even more inputs in due course. You are very unlikely to notice any sound...

The trick when using a synchroniser with the DAW as a slave is to split the DAW audio up into short segments so that each segment isn't really long enough to get noticeably out of sync. Alternatively, you use a synchroniser that can output word clock as well as position. There aren't many of...

I'd put a couple of panels on the ceiling above the drum kit as well as on the walls. However, make the panels removable if possible so that you can give yourself a more lively space when that would be appropriate.

As I said in the other place, it depends on the modelling algorithms. Sometimes they'll sound better at 96kHz. You just have to give it a try at both 96 and 44.1kHz and see which you prefer.

Probably worth doing a bit of research starting with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Peckham and then Dennis Blackham http://www.skyemastering.com/thewholestory.html Between them they've produced some very decent cuts over the last 50 years. I've also had the chance to compare...

I'm not a fan of NS10s, despite having used a pair from time to time for over 30 years. You need to learn how to work with them and we had a few inexperienced artists at the studio who had to come back and do a remix after going against my advice and using them for their mixes. If you don't have...

Even a quiet room is very loud compared to a proper voiceover studio (my studio room has a background noise of less than 20dBSPL). In a normal room you need to get close to the front of the mic (but speaking across the mic rather than into it) and you will probably need to use Izotope RX to...

It may be dependent on the brand of DAT tape. Most tapes have played fine for me. I've seen it suggested that Ampex DATs need baking - just like their reel to reel tape. I didn't believe it at first but I've had a couple of Ampex DATs give problems so I'm wondering if it would be worth trying a...

The tape will be lifted away from the heads when the machine is in fast forward or rewind and this should also lift it away from the capstan. So this looks like it is probably normal.

Sorry to hear about your troubles. One suggestion that I would make is to do a halfway house between fully automatic and manual. For many years I've been using a piece of software called Syncback Free. This is a very versatile program that allows you to synchronise disks. It will run...