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Bit tricky to offer any diagnosis without a schematic of at least that area of the circuit. You can't expect peeps on forums to have access to such data? Dave.

Hello and welcome, This question has three broad solutions each of which has a variety of advantages and disadvantages, mainly down to dosh outlay! By far the cheapest and simplest solution is a USB microphone. Do not despise these! For well under $50 US you can get a USB mic that will make...

Blown motor feed resistor? First thing to do is find a full service manual for the beast. Dave.

I have been infesting audio forums for well over ten years and the concept of "the Vocal Booth" comes up regularly. People seem to have grabbed onto the idea that a VB is a tiny space which is somehow magically transformed to have acceptable acoustics. Not so. Such booths were built in fairly...

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I would say that magg'ed heads will cause more degradation than the very slow wear of the tape (naturally if it sheds LOTS fix that!) There are many more permanent magnets about now that in those days. Boxes and phone cases use quite strong magnetic closers. Now that CRT displays are no more...

Oh! I totally agree Rob, son started with a cassette* then the A3440. But that was then and I grew up with AM radio and Dansette record players. FM radio was a revelation as was BBC2 sound and later NICAM. Now we have CD quality and I just want our OP to be aware of the limitations of his gear...

You are very welcome Geno and I hope I did not cause you any confusion? (I have been known to go on a bit!) Do keep us informed of your progress and post a clip of your recording as soon as you can. 20-30 seconds MP3 (at 320k if you can) attached is the most useful format for me. Don't be...

Sorry Rich but I can't agree. Running a dynamic mic into even a pretty good, modern interface is very challenging with acoustic guitar. A hissy old Sony cassette pre? No chance! I have been there with dymos into a Teac A3440, why I bought a couple of those traff... Even a cheap Behrry mixer...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soundlab-G132C-Microphone-Matching-Transformer/dp/B000KH7RQ8 Better in my HO to go for one of the above (the one with the plug on a cable) for a couple of reasons, It does a 'proper job' of unbalancing the mic very close to the input jack thus allowing any sensible...

Can you not "tell" Reaper to switch to another driver? WASAPI, MME. That's what son and I do in Samplitude. Dave.

Yes, really nice Jimmy. Makes a change from loud OD stuff! I have sent a link to my son in Le Havre, maybe he will do a version on his classical guitar? Dave.

Another audio setup "trick" from way back? When running an external interface (or a decent internal card e.g. the M-A 2496) it was usual to disable* the On Board Sound Card. Reasons for this were, to free up PC power which was not as cheap and generous as it is today but also, along with...

Not my field of expertise but my son builds songs from samples which he triggers playing guitar. I think his MO goes something like this... Track 1 a click trk 2 a kick trk 3 a cello trk 4 a bass trk 5 a crumbhorn* Rinse and repeat for the whole of Green Onions by Booker T. So, "amplitudes"...

I too do not understand the problem? I have a MOTU M4 on a Lenovo laptop W10 and can play any YT, radio or recorded sound I fancy. If I run a file in Audacity e.g. it (and the M4) cares not which driver I use. WASAPI, Direct Sound or MME. When I need to make "serious" recordings in Samplitude...

I was probably wrong to call a device that brings up low level in formation an "expander" but then I don't know quite what to call it? A compressor can increase volume if make up gain automatically tracks with gain reduction but since "limiting" is merely an extreme form of compression, the...

Yes, I am thinking of "expansion" in the terms of what R3 sound balancers did to smash Beet 5 through AM radio! Pulling up the quiet passages and puling down the loud. "Compression" can be applied to low levels to make them more audible or the top end to prevent overload or both Possibly THE...

Oh! Right! Well that's MY theory and I'm sticking to it! Dave.

Compressors don't make quiet parts louder, you need an Expander for that. Piccy is the one in Samplitude ProX 6. I am sure there will be one in Reaper and probably Audacity. In hardware terms there is really no difference between a compressor and an expander, it just really depends what you...

OOoo! I have 4 of those. Two with tape on and two empty. Seems to be a bonus when I come to sell my A3440? Dave.