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Deaaaath
New member
For me to leave my tape on the reel to reel machine when i'm not recording? Is there any downside to this?
jpmorris
Tape Wolf
I've done this a few times when I've had to abandon a session for the night, but I always make sure that the tape is away from the heads. (And I clean the heads at that point too)
Way back when, I was always told to keep floppy disks out of the drive when it was powered up or down, since there may be a brief surge on the drive head. While I don't know if this happens on tape machines, it's better than finding out the hard way.
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avieth
New member
I leave tape on the machine a lot. I also pull the tape away from the heads for whatever reason. As far as I know this is okay...
SteveM
New member
I leave tape on sometimes. I usually loosen it so the tension arms relax. And don't forget to shut it off so it's not sitting a long while with the arms engaged and capstan spinning.