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Old 8th November 2009   #2
Jules
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Try recording an A 440 hz tone.

(at say minus 10 or 15 on the machines meters)

Always a good idea anyway. For session master tuning calibration.

See how that behaves.

See if playback, picked up by a tuner fluctuates wildly.

Problem could be electronic or mechanical or both.
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