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PHILANDDON
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What's the difference between NAB 2 track format and DIN stereo format? Thanks. Newbie question, I guess
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The Ghost of FM
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I think you have your terminology mixed up a bit but I believe what your referring to is a 1/2 track stereo tape format standard versus a 1/4 track stereo format.
The first one uses the entire width of the tape to lay down the two channels of sound at fairly hot levels, (320nwb/m), and the second uses half the tape to lay down two tracks and then expects the tape to be flipped and used on its B side to record the next stereo pair of tracks at reduced levels, (180-250 nwb/m), so as to reduce the effects of bleed through and distortion.
In essence, pro use versus home use.
Cheers!
The first one uses the entire width of the tape to lay down the two channels of sound at fairly hot levels, (320nwb/m), and the second uses half the tape to lay down two tracks and then expects the tape to be flipped and used on its B side to record the next stereo pair of tracks at reduced levels, (180-250 nwb/m), so as to reduce the effects of bleed through and distortion.
In essence, pro use versus home use.
Cheers!
jpmorris
Tape Wolf
The Ghost of FM said:
The BR20 is/was available in three flavours: BR20N, BR20D and BR20T.
The 'T' model has a centre timecode track. The other two are NAB and DIN, which I'm pretty sure have the same heads (as each other). I assumed they were the NAB and IEC versions, but I could be wrong.
I don't believe it's the track width. The NAB version was cheaper than the DIN version by several hundred pounds, though.
*EDIT*
Looks like I was wrong about the NAB and DIN heads being the same. According to some Tascam 32 literature I just found online, NAB has 2mm wide tracks, and DIN has 2.7mm tracks.
I wonder what the heads on my '32 were set for? Or are they different given that I replaced one of them? Oops.
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