What Was I Thinking.. I BOUGHT A 16 TRACK STUDIO REEL TO REEL.

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• LO

  @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER · 1 year ago · pinned

  Name a tape machine

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• MA

  @marcopolito1923 · 1 year ago

  Look Mum no money.

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• HA

  @Hainbach · 1 year ago

  Such a lovely machine! Not sorry for infecting you with tapemania

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• DR

  @drftwrk · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UVAtPS-CtQ&amp;t=197">3:17</a> &quot;This thing got 16 tracks in it, it&apos;s basically infinite!&quot; God I love to imagine that same sentence back in somewhere like the 80&apos;s, like a guy just showing off his studio

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• BI

  @Bill-b5s · 1 day ago

  Had that same machine back in the early ‘90s until the bottom fell out of the local live music scene and bands disappeared. Retired and sold all the equipment.

• TH

  @The_Tarmaster · 9 months ago

  There’s something so bizarre and interesting about seeing a modern day apollo interface sitting on the same desk as an old reel to reel recorder. It’s like seeing all the progress we’ve made boiled down to two items

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• JE

  @JeffGeerling · 1 year ago

  Ooh I used to clean the heads on one of those in a radio production studio as a junior engineer.<br><br>Come to think of it, 99% of that job was cleaning... tape heads, plugs, belts, etc it all got so much dirtier back when things were so mechanical.

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• MI

  @mickleman52 · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UVAtPS-CtQ&amp;t=31">0:31</a> Those switches obviously control how the real reel registers with the rear reel, and if not properly adjusted can result in reel peel, as noted by the teal seal on it&apos;s heel wheel.

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• UM

  @umop3plsdn · 1 year ago

  the tape rewind at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UVAtPS-CtQ&amp;t=953">15:53</a> would have made a good ghost sound lol

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• JO

  @johnkaplun9619 · 1 year ago

  Calibrate the noise reduction and the tape deck and both will sound great together! NR fucks up the frequency response when it&apos;s out of calibration

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• TH

  @thomasamos4055 · 1 year ago

  Saturation is real and makes human beings happy.

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• CO

  @CoolCalmCollective_Official · 1 year ago (edited)

  You are not going to regret owning a proper multi-track machine Squire, it&apos;s not just a totally usable bit of kit, but it&apos;s waaaaaaay more fun than any computer based system. You chose wisely getting a Tascam, they&apos;re wickedly reliable and pretty easy to maintain and repair... relatively speaking. Of course now you&apos;re about to discover the ongoing expense of buying large format tapes, but hey, that is the price of living the analogue life in 2024, and your 1&quot; tapes are way cheaper than my 2&quot; ones. Congratulations 🎉 👏

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