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I've transferred some mixes recorded at RAK. There were 8 versions of one song as far as I remember which would all have been done in the same studio on the same gear. The first couple of versions were done by the writer (who was also a co-producer) and, to be honest, they sounded like demos...

Terry Witt ships worldwide and does good work from what I've heard. https://www.terrysrubberrollers.com/ Sweetbeat's suggestion of Athan is also good - they've been making replacement rollers for many years. The next thing to do is to get a new reel of tape that doesn't shed. Stop trying to...

Sadly it seems to be a trend with some people who buy old tape machines. There has been a very similar and frustrating thread on the SOS forum very recently. Mind you - I also steer clear of Tapeheads these days because it is full of people who pose as experts yet have little idea of what they...

One of Tannoy's adverts in the 1970's claimed that something like 80% of UK studios were using Tannoy speakers (although not always in Tannoy cabinets). You probably see as many Tannoy speakers in studio shots as you do NS10s but they tend to be hiding in the background rather than sitting on...

Before you do anything more, clean the tape path thoroughly and then try a brand new tape. I still reckon that your problem is a bad tape. Trying to make your own demagnetiser is likely to only make things worse - possibly irretrievably worse. If you accidentally magnetise the heads badly enough...

Could it be the instr switch? Can you get access to it so that you can spray some contact cleaner in there?

It looks like the OP wants to expand the number of inputs on the RME by using the Saffire as an 8 channel input expander. This should be perfectly possible but the big disadvantage of doing this with a second generation Saffire interface is (like the Pro40) that you have to connect it up as an...

Did you press the stop button in Reaper? If so, if you check your default recording directory you will probably find that all your audio files are still there. If you didn't hit the stop button I think Reaper still stores the audio in temporary files which may be readable.

That doesn't look good. Agfa PEM468 will either play completely cleanly or, just occasionally, it will shed fairly badly. I would expect the BASF version to be similar although it is newer. It may be coincidence, but the problem 468 tapes that I've encountered have mainly come from US studios...

You can really hear into a mix with them. They pull things apart and allow you to hear the effect of very small changes. Thanks to the dual concentric driver, you can work very close to them and be almost immersed in the sound. However, they are efficient and go loud so you can use them for long...

While Agfa/BASF PEM468 usually plays with no shedding, occasionally you may get a bad one and I don't know of any way to stop it from shedding. Repeated plays will just mean more shedding and from personal experience I know that baking will make it worse. I would give the tape path a very...

I'm afraid you can't have mine - I like them too much. I saw some the same as mine for £1200 a while ago but they've become collectable. I often wonder what the new versions sound like but I've not heard them yet.

From the plan I guess you are in Poland. US electrical wiring is very different to European wiring so you would be better off finding a local audio forum and asking about power there. Balanced or isolated power isn't normally used or needed in most parts of Europe.

To me it all sounds a bit dull and loose with too much room sound. The feel on the hi-hat also makes it sound like you are struggling a bit, rather than comfortable with the beat, though this is typical if you have only just started to play drums. Given you are just starting out, try recording...

LS3/5as started to be made commercially in 1975 and are still made today. The new ones sell for just under £3k. I bought my pair in 1997 and I still use them today.

After I replaced the NS10s with some BBC designed LS3/5as in our studio, the number of people coming back because they were unhappy with their mix reduced to pretty much zero. The LS3/5as were much easier to use than the NS10s and allowed you to hear far further into the mix. For many years the...

The problem with the UMC22 is that it doesn't have ASIO drivers so you are relying on the Windows drivers with higher latency. The cheapest Behringer interface with proper ASIO drivers is the UMC0202HD.

As I've probably mentioned before, the MOTU Digital Timepiece can also work in the same way though I don't get many tapes with timecode here.

Could it be generated after the desk? Maybe an unstable power amp or poor wiring at the power amp end?

The big problem is that your preamp output is going to be at line level while your audio interface will be expecting a mic level input if you are using the XLR inputs. It also isn't a good idea to run mic signals through a jack patchbay if you are using phantom power. You may want to keep your...