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From: ron@vicorp.com (Ron Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Cassette Tapes for Four-Tracks
Message-ID: <1991Feb22.215210.26775@vicorp.com>
Date: 22 Feb 91 21:52:10 GMT
References: <12575@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Reply-To: ron@sunspark.com (Ron Peterson)
Organization: V. I. Corporation, Amherst, Massachusetts
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In article <12575@darkstar.ucsc.edu> thlayli@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Lord Thlayli Merriadoc Valentine of Kalakiryande) writes:
>
>I've got a TASCAM Porta5 4-track.
>
>3) What cassette tape is the *best* for least dropouts and least problems
>   with this unit? It employs DBX and it runs at variable tape-normal speed.

Find out what tape brand and type was used to calibrate the electronics.
They sometimes mention it in the specs.  If you use the same tape as the
calibration tape then you'll get performance that best matches the
promised specs on the machine.  Of course you might want to try other
tape formulations if you want to improve some particular aspect of the
reproduction (such as output level or brightness.)  Probably the best
way to go is to find a tape that meets your requirements and have the
recorder recalibrated to it.
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