| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Moderator: | DYPSS1::SCHAFER |
| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Aug 29 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2852 |
| Total number of notes: | 33157 |
Don't use Radio Shack Supertape. It gums up heads. My testing: the tape: Radio Shack Supertape a stereo quarter-inch machine; A 700 Hz square wave was fed into both channels. The play heads were then monitored by the meters during recording. The right channel level vacillated about 1dB and slowly over 5 - 10 minutes fell to -7 to -20 dB and stayed there until the tape was stopped and the heads cleaned. Merely stopping the tape and restarting made no difference. the tape: Scotch 229 (Highlander) same test. No shaking or change above 1dB for 45 minutes. Thomas
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| 77.1 | PIPA::JANZEN | Mon Apr 01 1985 11:21 | 2 | ||
So where do I get good tape? Thomas | |||||
| 77.2 | KATADN::BOTTOM | Mon Apr 01 1985 14:50 | 5 | ||
I always use Maxell. I've found it to have the most consistant performance and in the case of cassettes, they seem to last longer than TDK or others. I noticed that Rat shack tape seemed to be dirty a few years ago and ended my search with maxell. Good luck! *db* | |||||
| 77.3 | HELOS::MALIK | Mon Apr 01 1985 18:40 | 4 | ||
I've always been happy with Scotch 206. But, I have nothing against Maxell or TDK. ,Karl | |||||
| 77.4 | SAUTER::SAUTER | Tue Apr 02 1985 08:54 | 2 | ||
After a bad experience with Radio Shack I tried TDK, and have been satisfied.
John Sauter
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| 77.5 | DCVAX::SBROWN | Thu Apr 04 1985 23:07 | 10 | ||
I found that my TDK AUDUA reel tapes and TDK SA cassettes showed noticeable variations in output level with a 1khz sine wave, however it was not audible, while the variations at 10 khz were. Since then I have used Maxell XL series on both reel and cassette, and have noticed little or no variations, even up to 20khz. I think Maxall produces tapes to closer tolerance. Oh,yeah, I find that older ferric oxide (brown colored) tapes leave far more residue on the heads and guides, and probably wear poorly. -seymour- | |||||