judah wrote on Fri, 26 November 2004 03:23 |
Hi Bob, yeah it's a multitrack situation. Tascam ATR80. The machine is in fine condition, cleaned up every morning.
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Hi, Judah. Is this a 2" machine? I didn't know Tascam made any wide format machines. If it's less than 2" for 24 track you will need noise reduction.
But regardless, you wrote...
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BTW, I'm usually working with no more than 16 tracks even if I have 24. ANd when I'm saying there's too much noise, I mean that is very audible even with just one track. Very audible.
R.
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If it's a 1" machine without noise reduction, the noise on one track should be "audible" but not very audible. If it's 2" 24 track at 30 IPS, the noise on one track should be even less, but still audible at normal gains. Unless you're doing very hard rock and saturating, I always found 24 track even at 30 IPS to be iffy in terms of noise. But that was in the days of grand master at +3 over 250 nW/M. Now with GP 9 if you push it a little more you can get a better SNR (I would never go above +6 over 250 if using a VU meter).
Anyway, if you really have a 2" machine and the noise is bothersome on one track, I suggest you try John Klett's forum for some step-by-step maintenance approaches. Have you demagnetized the heads and guides properly with an Annis brand demagnetizer? (Accept no substitutes, Annis is the only brand to consider).
BK