Differences of tape formulations - SM900, SM911, SM468 and PER528?

MrVelvet · 6th May 2009

I have my 1/4" Telefunken aligned to PER528 and think or having it re-aligned to a different tape type which is more "studio grade" quality.

Could someone roughly explain the sound differences of the other formulas which are available these days?

SM468
SM900
SM911

Thanks!

Fletcher · 6th May 2009

Get a reel of each, align the machine and take a listen for yourself. If you don't know how to align a machine... LEARN [it's not that difficult].

Tape machines should at the very least have their alignment checked before every session... kinda like you tune a guitar before you record it.

MrVelvet · 6th May 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fletcher

Get a reel of each, align the machine and take a listen for yourself. If you don't know how to align a machine... LEARN [it's not that difficult].

Tape machines should at the very least have their alignment checked before every session... kinda like you tune a guitar before you record it.

I tune a guitar before recording?

Yes, I guess aligning is one of the things one should learn to do.

Thing is that I have a recording next week where I have to dump stuff and want to try a higher quality tape than what 528 offers, so this will a blind pick this time (as I don`t have the time to learn how to align the machine myself until then), so I'd just go with one kind of tape, have my machine aligned by a service guy and start from there.

Any rough estimates on the sound characteristics of those three, so I can decide which of the three tapes I`d like to try this time?

bass man · 28th October 2009

I use per 528 and Sm 468 and the best word to describe the difference is the sm 468 has more highs than 528 .....
But i would also like to know the sound difference between all this tapes .
Anybody

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MrVelvet Lives for gear Joined: May 2006 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posts: 730 Thread Starter	Differences of tape formulations - SM900, SM911, SM468 and PER528? I have my 1/4" Telefunken aligned to PER528 and think or having it re-aligned to a different tape type which is more "studio grade" quality. Could someone roughly explain the sound differences of the other formulas which are available these days? SM468 SM900 SM911 Thanks! __________________ . Nicolay Ketterer realsamples http://www.realsamples.com http://www.myspace.com/realsamples

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Fletcher member no 666 Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 10,108	Get a reel of each, align the machine and take a listen for yourself. If you don't know how to align a machine... LEARN [it's not that difficult]. Tape machines should at the very least have their alignment checked before every session... kinda like you tune a guitar before you record it. __________________ CN Fletcher Professional Affiliations: R/E/P Professional Recording Engineer and Producer forums - serious hobbyists welcome SoundPure.com mwagener wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 14:33 We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid Roscoe Ambel once said: Pro-Tools is to audio what fluorescent is to light

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bass man Banned Joined: Oct 2007 Location: europe Posts: 1,548	I use per 528 and Sm 468 and the best word to describe the difference is the sm 468 has more highs than 528 ..... But i would also like to know the sound difference between all this tapes . Anybody