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This is a great forum for discussion. However, there is so much confusion, lies and garbage about Quantegy/Ampex tape on the net. People are getting ripped off, some eBay sellers are purposely deceiving buyers, price of tape is sky-rocketing (good and bad tape) and good tape is becoming harder...

+1 to what Ghost said. Furthermore, you should get the manual and follow the basic setup and recording instructions a long with checking what Ghost has said just to be certain that it's not user error rather than an actual fault with the machine.

I'm not sure what analog goodiness is but obviously your analog signal is being sampled and stored as digital information so you do lose something and the conversion still colours the sound. But yes, if you transfer your 424 recording to digital, it's still going to sound like you recorded to...

Thanks for the reply Beck! I can get them new for less than $0.2 per cassette with case. Of course it's only available in a batch of 250. The BASF ones I ended up getting $0.65 per cassette with no case in a batch of 100. In a bit of a pickle as what to do... By the sounds of it you're saying...

In the past I used BASF C60 cassettes (professional grade normal bias 'all white' cassette) for a 100 copies release and was happy with their build and sound quality. I now have the option of using Ampex GMC-45 cassettes. Anyone with experience with these? Or Ampex cassettes in general? Never...

It would be difficult moving it, not just because it's heavy but also how unreliable it would be. The Model 70 is also pretty rare so not many people have good knowledge of that machine to fix or even find parts for. It would still be a cool set to start up a small commercial studio with I...

Well yeah, if you anticipate getting more than $10,000 soon otherwise an empty room is pretty useless unless you rent it out for accommodation. If you are limited to $10,000 though... You can setup a great sounding analog studio, it just depends what you are recording and what sound you are...

It's not that difficult. I mean your setup shouldn't take that long to figure out and get up and running. You have a 16 track tape machine with a 16 channel mixer... and you say you probably won't even be using all 16 tracks. So you probably won't be using the mixer's busses and it sounds like...

From my experience, it's most likely that the belt has either fallen off the pulley or the pulley (plastic) is slipping on the (metal) shaft. Given that you are still getting play when the reels are off (under lighter load), I'd guess that your pulley is just slipping on the metal shaft. What...

A top of the line 2" 16 track tape machine from the 70s and 100lbs is an engineering marvel in my opinion. Good point with the Tascam, if the Tascam 16 track (1" tape btw and a newer machine) was well over 200lbs and definitely isn't at the same professional grade as the Stephens, you can really...

A LOT of Blank Audio Tape Cassette x 111 TDK MAXELL BASF FUJI SONY and MORE | eBay An absolute treasure chest of new unused BASF, TDK and Sony Metal, High bias and normal bias cassettes as well as NOS test tapes. High bias cassettes seem to be getting more and more rare (and expensive) and to...

I can't help you with fixing the mixer but just to put it into perspective, you did buy an untested mixer and you don't appear to have the skill level required to rebuild or fix these things really quickly. You also appear to be sort of 'rushing' through things trying to fix it... if you really...

So with the tape reel, was the cardboard casing also 'sealed' or just the reel inside? I'm usually more weary when the case isn't sealed because I think it would be more difficult to remake an authentic seal around the case. So given that your tape appears to be baked, that means they must...

ATR tape is generally marketed for pro studios rather than home/hobbyists from what I gather. Given that, If they are planning on having +9 or +10 level tape, then I'm not sure what market is going to buy 1-mil tape given the format they are releasing and the generally higher price of ATR tape...

No, no crime there. I was referring to your disrespectful personal attacks towards other posters in this thread and other recent threads is what deserves 'punishment'. I was going to post responses to each paragraph of your post but to save time for me (and everyone else) I will just say that...

Totally agree with Miroslav on this one. You can't blame anyone for being a skeptic... and no one was rude to the OP from what I can see. Only harshness was Tim Gillett calling the moderator an idiot - totally uncalled for. Tim has a great knowledge base in analog and digital recording and most...

You guys are really hitting the nail on the head with words like 'exciting' and 'boring'. This is exactly how I feel about the 32, it's a great machine in my opinion. I thought that the G36 was a more 'pro' machine and given the era it was made with the valves and stuff, that it would give some...

I've owned a Tascam 32 for a few years now and I've used it to master all my analog recordings. I've got a friend selling a Revox G36 that I know has been well looked after and serviced. Now the Revox will definitely have better electronics than the Tascam (which are quite mediocre) but I'd...

Thought you said you weren't going to bash it? :p Look, if you have used it and you genuinely think those plugins sound 'stunning' then more power to you is really all that can be said. Nothing wrong with your post if you are just simply stating your experience with the products. The only...

"It's all gone" - I thought your studio went up in flames or something... Definitely not all gone, you can record a career of music on that setup and enjoy using/listening to it. I'm (personally) quite happy when I buy/add a new piece of gear to my studio but I'm just as happy/relieved/excited...