Ty Ford Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 Blast from the past Ty. Many folks these days have never had the pleasure (or displeasure) of adjusting tape bias or doing a full calibration of a multi-track analog recorder (starting with the MRL tape). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tourtelot Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 I remember using Scotch 808 (Was that the thicker tape? Less print through.) and some Ampex but that number escapes me. I didn't do too much research. Just used what my fellows were using, sent the Nagra to Dan Dugan, he sent it back ready to rock. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpro Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 Andy Cooper was my go to before he started making mixers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacysound Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Ampex 456. Good times calibrating a MCI 24 track machine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyman Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 A little more involved than "Do you want poly or mono WAV files?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tourtelot Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Yes! Ampex 456. Thanks. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Reineke Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 My old Ampex 456 tapes from my recording studio days (daze) are a gooey mess... it is common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVPostSound Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Would be scarier if you had the MRL tape too!! That guys voice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Salles Posted July 7, 2022 Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 I never had to adjust bias settings as the renting companies were doing it for the tape they were selling us (468 most of the times -BASF- we were in CCIR norm in France) I never had to change tape type during a shoot. That might have been disturbing. I only did shorts as hod that time but as an assistant I do not recall anyone mentioned they ever did. Did you ever use different tape types for a same film? Now the 4.2 I own was set by Nagra France for the tape stock I still have (BASF SM468) so I think I will pass that challenge forever 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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