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I was thinking today while recording to my multitrack reel to reel, I had a track that everything sounded out of time, but when I changed the varispeed; to probably its correct time, it seemed to come back together. So I was wondering, would varispeed do this? or is it some pyscho acoustic thing?

Yea, I resoldered some leads and what not it seems to be working. I’m working on calibrating it at the moment and it seems that channel 8 is a little soft too(after sending some pure tones through it). I’m thinking it might need some tlc because it doesn’t seem to meet spec when calibrating...

So, it’s becoming intermittent, which I feel is some kind of electrical problem. If I remove the plate over the heads and pass some signal it starts to work. Not sure what would cause this

My mt1x has a lot of pitch fluctuations but I always have found it apart of the cassette tape experience. How drastic is it? I’ve replaced most parts on my mt8x, but you just have to do a bit of research, as to the dimensions and what not Fixyouraudio.com has a bunch of pinch rollers that...

I’m not using ampex or anything sticky, some old Irish 195 lol. New capstan and been cleaning the heads. Seems very intermittent though sometimes it records perfectly other times it drops out. I think it might be the pinch roller? It looks slightly cracked on the inside I’m not sure it has one...

So it seems to be working now, this is the tape oriented correctly not reverse, but seem to be getting alot of warble and drop outs

Can't seem to get any signal from the 8th channel on my fostex r8, i can see input signal when i send signal, but nothing is recorded or played-back even on tape that has an 8th channel track. I took a look at the heads and they look fine, but im not sure whats up. If i prod the ciruit board on...