andyhix
:dank:
Hey dudes.
While trying to record some crappy scratch tracks for the "crazy idea" project, I encountered a problem with my tape speed becoming inconsistent. I'd play the guitar part along with a pre-recorded click, then play it back and half way through the take, the tempo and pitch would drop, maybe as much as 1/2 step.
In one case it seemed that it was consistantly at a specific spot (indicating to me that the tape speed increased during tracking), and then another time, it happened during playback, but not everytime, nor at the same spot everytime (indicating the tape slowed during playback?). I don't know, but as you can imagine, it really threw a monkey wrench into the whole process.
The wierd thing is it didn't happen consistently. My theory is that maybe there is a belt that got warmed up after a while, then got strethchy. But that doesn't explain the possible increased tape speed, or at least I wouldn't think....I'm quite concerned/confused.
Another sort of related question - is it common for the tape speed to drop a bit when the record head is engaged? I.e. I'm playing a track, then get to a punch it spot and just hit the record button on the fly, rather than using the proper punch in technique. It seemed that things slowed slightly when I did this. And if this is common, that seems like a major flaw that play and record speeds aren't the same. Hard to practice along with a track and be in tune, then. And this happened on a different machine than the first problem, FWIW.
While trying to record some crappy scratch tracks for the "crazy idea" project, I encountered a problem with my tape speed becoming inconsistent. I'd play the guitar part along with a pre-recorded click, then play it back and half way through the take, the tempo and pitch would drop, maybe as much as 1/2 step.
In one case it seemed that it was consistantly at a specific spot (indicating to me that the tape speed increased during tracking), and then another time, it happened during playback, but not everytime, nor at the same spot everytime (indicating the tape slowed during playback?). I don't know, but as you can imagine, it really threw a monkey wrench into the whole process.
The wierd thing is it didn't happen consistently. My theory is that maybe there is a belt that got warmed up after a while, then got strethchy. But that doesn't explain the possible increased tape speed, or at least I wouldn't think....I'm quite concerned/confused.
Another sort of related question - is it common for the tape speed to drop a bit when the record head is engaged? I.e. I'm playing a track, then get to a punch it spot and just hit the record button on the fly, rather than using the proper punch in technique. It seemed that things slowed slightly when I did this. And if this is common, that seems like a major flaw that play and record speeds aren't the same. Hard to practice along with a track and be in tune, then. And this happened on a different machine than the first problem, FWIW.
