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Hi there kiddies, I have recently aquited a Brenell Mini-8 8 track 1" tape recorder. I got it dirt cheap but it needs a fair bit of TLC and a test tape. Trouble is I have no idea where to get one from. Any ideas?? Aparently it must carry 1000Hz reference level whith an effective tape flux...

wow this really is handbags at dawn. I hope you are all aware that anyone can say anything they like coz that is the whole point in the internet and forums like this. If you don't like what someone is saying then you can say so but to tell them not to say something or suggest they shouldn't...

I am an analog guy and the reason for this is that necessity breeds invention. What I mean is that with a DAW it is too easy to fix things fush em tweek em tune em till there perfect. Also if you have an idea about how you want it to sound, an effect or something, you have a huge number of...

Wow there is a lot of people with a lot of opinions. The answer to the question though is impossible to answer in a forum like this. Mixing in my opinion is a completely personal thing, but to achieve a comertial mix requires a lot of experimentaion and research. I would recomend getting a cpy...

Hi Kids You may have seen my earlier post about an itam 805 tape machine which i can find next to no information about. I have also aquired a zoot horn 16 track mixing desk which i can find absolutly NO info about at all. The only thing i know is that it was made in london during the 70s...

OK, tried to take some pickies but you can't see jolly jack bollock on them so I guess i'm gonna have to think of something else. If anyoune has any ideas where i can find some scematics then tha would be great. I can't find a thing on the net

this is great guys. I shall take a bunch of pics later this eavening which will probably help. If there is any of you guys in london who can help, I live there too and i'm sure we could make arrangements. thanks again for the help guys

don't really know. It has a blue cylinder which looks like it surrounds a pole which contracts and pulls the contacts together

this is actually really frustrating cos i can see what is happening whith the transport problem but i don't know aht the bloody part is and is pretty tough to describe. There are three of these objects on the pcb, one for FF, one for RW and one for play. It is about 1"x1 14"x1/4". It is...

OK, ther are two problems. Firstly it seems that the each of the track boards are dead. there is definately power going to the boards but as I say they seem to be dead. the second thing is that the FF anf RWnD buttons work but the play doesn't. It could be a problem with the mechanics but I...

it would be even better if it worked. But yeah she is a sexy beast

this is the beat It was made in 1973 in London. I think they were one of the first

OOOO you git i got all excited for a moment :mad:

Hi Kids I have recently become the proud owner of an Itam 805 8 track tape machine. Trouble is it doesn't work! There are a couple of problems that I won't bore you with now but I am am in desperate need for some info on the machine, ie. user manuals and service manuals etc. Can anyone help...