Dolby question?

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I am mixing down from a multitrack cassette console to a 2-track cassette deck. Which Dolby setting do I need to use?--B,C, or S?
HX Pro is automatically set. I'm using the same Maxell high bias tapes I use in the multitrack. Thanks!
 
"B" is most common but "S" does a better job.
 
Okay, thanks! But if I want to be able to take my cassettes around tofriends to listen to on their home stereo systems, what type of Dolby would be the most 'univeral' application?
 
Definately B. Dolby B is the gentlest of the lot,so much so that if you play back a Dolby B tape on a non Dolby machine,it can be made to sound not too awful by turning the treble down on the reciever a bit.The other Dolby systems sound great as long as,and only if,you play 'em back on the same type of system.
 
I turn Dolby off everything (other than my reel to reel 8-track). It's so inconsistent from one player to another that you inevitably have problems at the high end or end up with pumping and breathing (not that that's bad, but you don't want it on tape). ;>
 
I agree with Tapehead ... I avoid the use of any noise reduction when mixing to tape. Mainly because a lot of people don't really give that a second thought when they listen to tapes. Unless you have lots of tape hiss in your mixes ... I would avoid it. I think the most common consumer type is Dolby B, though ... but that's just because it's been around the longest and is on most decks (C and S are usually only found on mid to high priced decks). I, personally, don't like the sound of B-encoded tapes played back without decoding ... but I know some people who just *love* this sound. Maybe they just can't hear that tape hiss ... it gives me a headache! They've actually asked me to make a mix with B on so they could play it back without. :)
Also, HX Pro isn't really noise reduction. It actually adjusts the bias of the recording deck as the input signals change so that you maximize the high frequency reproduction during louder signals. HX Pro is not decoded like B,C or S NR is.

[This message has been edited by BigKahuna (edited 06-21-2000).]
 
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