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Old 19th June 2009   #14
mobius.media
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Originally Posted by Brad McGowan View Post
What do you have in mind as far as the noise goes? I know that even monitoring signal through the MCI in input mode (no tape) that there is an increased noise level. So you're going to be getting a combination of both tape noise and electronics noise, obviously.

I may be able to generate those files for you this weekend.

If I got one, I'd be using the deck as a compression/fattening effect on tracks I think need it most (eg. bass, kick, snare, vox) in direct repro loopback during mixing.

Mostly I'm interested in quantifying exactly how much the noise floor would be elevated in that loopback, as well as where the added noise will be distributed across the frequency spectrum, so I can know if it will likely cause me problems in an otherwise digital mix.

The only specs I can find on the subject are decades old, incomplete, and don't really reflect modern improvements in components and tape formulations.

So again, any help is appreciated. Thanks a bunch.
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