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I've been thinking about expanding my patchbay setup and in the process redoing a lot of the wiring in my studio with cables i will make myself. however, i have a couple important questions: 1. regarding the type of cable i buy - should i definitely buy bulk cable with braided copper...

here's my question - will sending a very hot signal into a tape machine end up frying its electronics? I am getting ready to do an all-analog recording of a band that likes a very lo-fi, blown out sound, and i'm expecting some serious tape compression to help me get that sound. i'll be doing...

i need some schooling about the different types of preamps and the gain staging within them. specifically, i want to buy a preamp that i can drive hard to get some distortion, but still control the output level into my computer/tape machine. should any preamp with two gain stages be able to do...

here's my situation - i have a 10.5" take up reel with the large center hole for use with a nab hub adapter, but the 10.5" RMGI tape i bought has a thin (i think it's called "cine"?) center hole, like most 7" reels, although it seems that the size of the area in the center of the reel that has...

I just got a Revox B77 mk2 and i'm trying to figure out the whole alignment process. the first problem i've run into is this - the B77 service manual does not show how to adjust the wrap, zenith, or head height of the heads, only the azimuth. each head also has a different number of adjustment...

Hi, i have a couple quick questions about calibrating/aligning a tape machine (in my case a Revox B77 mk2): - i know i need some kind of tone generator to feed into the tape machine. if i use my computer, do i still need another seperate device to confirm that the tone is being sent at the...

I am looking for a relatively inexpensive (can be used, looking to spend under, say, $400) rack EQ unit that is good for mixdown/rough mastering (this is for a basement project studio, not a professional mastering facility). I always figured it would be best to get a 5 band parametric EQ, but i...

I'm in the market for a decent reel to reel mixdown deck, and i'm leaning heavily towards a Revox. my question is, for anyone here who has worked with either one, am i going to notice a big difference in features or performance between the B77 and the PR99? the only differences i've noticed is...

So i bought a handful of dirt cheap old mics on eBay, and i need to re-wire them to actually be usable. they are all hardwired, mostly with mini-jack connectors, meaning they have only 2 wires to connect, not 3 like most decent mics. basically my question is: i figured out how to attach a male...