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As the title says I wonder excactly is going on with the loudness button. Compression, added lows and highs? Asking as I love the character this function adds on amps from Sansui and Bang & Olufssen and thinking that it'd make sense to ask a mastering engineer to do something similar though more...

Hey there! This is my first post on the mastering site, hope you can help me out. The band I'm in have been messing around with a record for quite a while. One of my bandmates wants to put a really bass heavy song as the final track on side one and as it stands the side will be around 22 mins...

Hey fellow tapeheads! Was wondering if you could help me save my lazy hippie ass once again... Thomann has run out of RMGI SM 911 and 900 1/2" tapes again and I got a recording job in late September. Anyone knows how a decent webshop in Europe who has them at the moment? NOS Quantegu 456 or BASF...

Hey there! Got a number of questions as for tape splicing. We're having space problems on the shelves and running out of empty reels. I need a splicing block, splicing tape and then what about the knife? Can a regular razor do the trick or would I need something more specialzied? There's...

Hey guys! I got an Alesis Microverb III I really like using for hiding my lack of vocal skills but the power connection is breaking down all the time. It's a 9V but isn't of the same size as the typical guitar pedal. Would you happen to know what the official name of such a thing might be...

I've got a bit of a dilemma. Our little studio is getting kindda busy and some friends have just moved in. As our G16 is running a bit much they're thinking about getting another 1/2" 16 track so we don't have worry too much about wear and breakdowns. We've found another G16 for a good price...

Today I was mixing down some stuff and the snare drum on track 2 was gone - it seemed bizarre and I concluded that it was probably just some gunk on the heads. But after cleaning the heads I tried to just sending an MP3 to the machine while in input mode to rule out dirt as a factor. No signal...

Would you happen to know if I can use a Tascam pinch roller on our G16? Or perhaps the same roller as for the B or E 16? The roller is still fine but I want to have a spare roller as I don't wanna run the risk of unproductive weeks just because of a small rubber part that'll go bad sooner or later.

Any knowledge of these tapes? I've got access to used tape of this type. AFAIK Maxell don't have shedding issues but is it +3, +6 or +9 tapes? I'm trying to avoid +9 tapes as I like slight saturation and our machine don't handle 3M 996 too well - however no problems with SM900.

Was wondering which inexpensive standalone spring reverbs is out there? Also I'm considering buying a Roland PA-150 to grab it's reverb for a standalone unit. Would that be relatively easy and affordable? It's no prob for me to identify the reverb inside the desk.

Hey there! I'm looking for a very cheap but nice sounding overhead mic for drums. So far we'd been using a matched pair of GA Projects and recently a Røde M3. Like the sound of both, especially the Røde M3. But it's borrowed from a friend and I'm wondering what other mics in the same range...

I was wondering what is the basics if I'm gonna syncronise our Fostex G16 and Model 80. The G16 has a built in sync unit. It'll make a total track number of 22, right? As far as I've got it the sync code will be on track 16. We're recording a lot these days and I'm trying to fix this before we...

Just got a Fostex 820 desk in decent condition for very cheap. It sounds really beefy yet with enough clarity. The odd thing is that I can't figure if it's with phantom power or not. The manual claims it has phantom power though there's no way to find it while looking on the channel strips...

Hey there! I'm recording exclusively on tape though I need to make some backups from tape using my friends' Tascam 16-track soundcard. My question is if there's any free program suitable for this purpose? Audacity won't do the trick and I'm afraid my trial of Adobe has expired.

My mate's Squire Jazzbass (pretty good one actually) has an annoying buzz on the A-string. The problem started after being transported poorly and after that it's been adjusted by a decent luthier yet the problem is still there and is audible on an amp. Anything we can do to fix the thing or has...

Hey guys! I'm sorry if you had similar questions too many times before but can anyone enlight me on which MRL test tapes I need for a Fostex G16 (half inch) and a Fostex Model 80? Any good places to buy them from new? At the moment they both sound fine but I fear the day a mechanic breakdown...

Hey guys! Wondering if you could help me out here. I'm gonna mix/add analog effects to some stuff for some mates of mine. It's recorded on digital but I wanna mix it on tape, so we sent four tracks out to my Fostex reel-to-reel from an M-Audio and it went kindda smooth after messing around with...

I've got five reels of 2" AGFA PEM 469. Browsing this forum and the net I've found that early batches got a reputation for shedding horribly, but some sources says that later batches should be fine. Is there any way of telling from the box what year they're from? Don't have any 2" machine so...

Honestly I don't know if this is the right forum as this is mostly a problem in live situations. The thing is that I occasionally does live sound enginering (not very good at it, prefer the studio). I often find that deep male voices don't cut through the mix at all, and feedback becomes a huge...

Hey guys! I read somewhere that you can use a demagnetisizer as a poor mans bulk eraser on 1/4" and 1/2" tapes? Got shitloads of old, nice sounding 1/4" AGFA-tapes and would prefer not to put unnessesacry mileage to our Fostex M80. What's your experience? I'm aware that I should keep the...