Gearslutz.com - View Single Post - analog tape machine alignment
View Single Post
Old 1st January 2004   #2
Bob Olhsson
Motown legend
 
Bob Olhsson's Avatar
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Location: Songwriter Gulch, Nashville TN
Posts: 10,852

You absolutely need the manual that came with the machine plus the tech notes for all of the updates.

It's also a real good idea to hire somebody with a LOT of experience with the particular machine to teach you how to align and maintain it. Preferably this would be somebody who took the factory maintenance course from the machine's manufacturer.

Up until the past ten years, professional recorders were always sold to facilities having a serious shop on the premises. There's usually a great deal that isn't in the manuals because there were only a few hundred customers and the manufacturer's engineering staff always had a direct relationship with each. I've seen as much misinformation on the net as accurate so I'd be pretty skeptical of anything I read.
Bob Olhsson is online now   Reply With Quote