Fun to watch. I record my music with two teac 3340s. I want to get an 80-8 but have no idea where to find a good one. Where did you learn how to calibrate them?
They're not as common as they once were but they're still out there. Most user manuals give at least the basics on calibration but there's often misnomers & misprints so you have to talk to experienced audio engineers too. The most common source of bad practices concerns bias. What's best can be somewhat tricky so you have to use your ears and not trust what tape or deck manufacturers tell you. The purpose of bias is to minimize distortion, not other problems.
I had DBX on that unit. I think out of the dozen projects I recorded on it, I used the NR twice. There was only one project where I wished I used DBX but didn't (light folk). I made it work though.
I had it calibrated for Quantegy 456 at 250nWb/m, though I let the meters ride in the red from time to time.
great info !! i'm thinking about getting the NR DBX DX8 or maybe four DBX 150 (x) just in case, i'm about to start doing location work monday, so need to fine tune the loose ends of my rig, thanks again, and keep rocking
I'd hold out for some Dolby SR if you can. It's pretty uncommon for 1/2" but sounds a lot better. Notice at 3:20, I don't even have power going to the DBX rack. Though, if you're doing live recording to analogue, some kind of NR would be nice
feeling it i just got my self a teac 80 great song by the way love everything, well the flag is a lil scary but i'm ny and we get the whole thing mix up sometimes i guess? cool track if you give some info on how u recorded with the teac 80 cool cool.. paz !
Fun to watch. I record my music with two teac 3340s. I want to get an 80-8 but have no idea where to find a good one. Where did you learn how to calibrate them?
allennnnnn91 1 year ago
@allennnnnn91
They're not as common as they once were but they're still out there. Most user manuals give at least the basics on calibration but there's often misnomers & misprints so you have to talk to experienced audio engineers too. The most common source of bad practices concerns bias. What's best can be somewhat tricky so you have to use your ears and not trust what tape or deck manufacturers tell you. The purpose of bias is to minimize distortion, not other problems.
wado1942 1 year ago
do you use noise reduction, calibration etc on the teac 80? if so what kind ? thanks again sounds great
checkabreak 2 years ago
I had DBX on that unit. I think out of the dozen projects I recorded on it, I used the NR twice. There was only one project where I wished I used DBX but didn't (light folk). I made it work though.
I had it calibrated for Quantegy 456 at 250nWb/m, though I let the meters ride in the red from time to time.
wado1942 2 years ago
great info !! i'm thinking about getting the NR DBX DX8 or maybe four DBX 150 (x) just in case, i'm about to start doing location work monday, so need to fine tune the loose ends of my rig, thanks again, and keep rocking
checkabreak 2 years ago
I'd hold out for some Dolby SR if you can. It's pretty uncommon for 1/2" but sounds a lot better. Notice at 3:20, I don't even have power going to the DBX rack. Though, if you're doing live recording to analogue, some kind of NR would be nice
wado1942 2 years ago
feeling it i just got my self a teac 80 great song by the way love everything, well the flag is a lil scary but i'm ny and we get the whole thing mix up sometimes i guess? cool track if you give some info on how u recorded with the teac 80 cool cool.. paz !
checkabreak 2 years ago
Hey, thanks.
wado1942 2 years ago
Sounds good. Good vid.
Thanx!
skydogz1 2 years ago