Delay to tape? What might be happening?

[poopdealer]

So I just got a Teac 80-8 up and running in my studio. It sounds great. I tracked audio onto each track and everything is AOK. But, when I try to overdub, I get a delay to the tape. I thought it might have been the board, or my compressors & micpre's, so I bypassed them and plugged a bass directly into the tape machine. Still. About a 200ms delay.

I might imagine that the play or record head may be out of alignment. Anyone have any suggestions? I don't have the tech book (I wish I did). Might there be an internal adjustment I can make?

thanks!

-Rick

 

[Dr ZEE]

Press output select to "NORM".
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nice username, btw

/respects

 

[A Reel Person]

You have to select the "SYNC" head when overdubbing, not "REPRO".

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