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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: dubbing Dolby-encoded tapes
Message-ID: <3652@alice.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 17:22:49 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 25 17:22:49 1985
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> How's the best way to copy Dolby-B-encoded music from one tape
> to another?  I assume I should keep the Dolby switch OFF on both
> the playing deck and the recording deck.  I guess it would
> also work to have both switches ON (resulting in decoding the
> signal going out and re-encoding it coming in to the new copy),
> but the first alternative seems simpler.

Unless you can match levels exactly, you should leave the switch
ON on both decks.  Otherwise mistracking will result.