Thanks a bunch, dc! Looks like I've got the tones right, though at head.
I'm curious about a couple of things. It's not that I'm skeptical, I just like to understand how things work whenever possible:
How do you use the 15khz tone? Is a part of the tape machine playback calibration, or is it used in a different part of the chain?
After reading a lot of stuff, I still couldn't find out if I should align LF repro with 100hz, 50 hz, or both. We're recording at 15 ips, IEC1, 355 nWb/m, btw. I ended up doing it with the 100hz tone. I guess I should include that in the documentation, right?
What are the advantages of tones on tail and on head (for those who chose the latter)?
Other than the documentation, most of the work on these tapes has already been done, but I hope to get it better next time around. I'm curious about everyone else's preferences as well, btw, no such thing as too many points of view.
I'm thinking of doing a topic with thousands of little questions about tape in general, from the point of view of the recording / mixing engineer, would the John Klett forum be more appropriate for that?