Some advice from a veteran of over 50 years who has used reel to reel tape...never ever touch the tape itself EVER with your bare fingers! You have now contaminated the tape with finger oils and will degrade the quality of the tape in that area now and spread.
Or detour around guide roller completely? Fast rewind of 14" 1/2" tape is a scary experience. Since playing tape is a process of continously polishing down the magnetic heads until the gap open..... Sometimes I will insert a short piece of wax back paper of double-side tape in front of the recording head during casual listening.
Lyrec PTR-1 "Frida" is absolutely wonderful. Fortunetly I have one of the earlier MK-1 in my collection. A810 used "shift" or "modifier" key to achieve slower wind in three step (?). For A820 it is a different story. I don't have A80. Your improvised method of stopping guide roller is very creative. I probably would do the same under this situation: it is simple and fuctional. BTW very impressive collection! Lyrec TR55? OTARI MTR15?
No, no TR55, as I have never seen one for sale in the US, and no MTR15... they are rare, and I missed one recently because I was busy with something else at the moment. I would not mind having one in good condition. But Sony APR-5000 is something close to it. :)
Thank you very much for a very informative and important video! Do you know any way of doing this with the ReVox B77 HS, and the Technics RS 1500? Keep up the great work! 👏🏻👏🏻
Two very different cases. The B77 is already very gentle on tape, but low speed wind can probably be achieved by using a drop off resistor (as is done in many Japanese machines) or even a transformer - a system similar to that of the Telefunken. Ether way it would require a much more involved surgery than I did to the Studer. In case of RS-1500 I have not been inside of one, just owned it many years ago, but since it has the tape speed sensor it appears to me that a change in software could take care of that. That, however, is not something for a home hobbyist. From memory the wind there is brutal, so some improvement would be welcome.
@@Foxbat9000 I'm sure, though let's face it, it only takes that one time at the absolute worst moment for tape to go flying everywhere like the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster.
@@jameslaidler2152 I am not going to lie to you by saying accident can't happen... yes, there is a BIT more risk, so you better know what you are doing. I have been lucky so far, and I have really pushed the envelope - like using 14" pancakes on 12" platters. :) You definitely don't want to be arguing with your teenage daughter while doing that. :) But realistically, most studios use that format day in and day out, 24 hours a day.
@@szvencel The whole layout is different. Frida has a capstan and two tension control systems, left and right. In Fred the two motors gently move the tape across a very simple tape path with low resistance. So the motors could be the same, but doing very different job. I have not measured the tape tensions in the two machines (might do it later), but the Fred's tape pack is very soft. Especially when you are using pancakes.
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nice collection!
Yes, and a nice place to relax. :)
As a recording studio assistant engineer, I always appreciated Ampex ATR 100 fast library wind
Some advice from a veteran of over 50 years who has used reel to reel tape...never ever touch the tape itself EVER with your bare fingers! You have now contaminated the tape with finger oils and will degrade the quality of the tape in that area now and spread.
Or detour around guide roller completely? Fast rewind of 14" 1/2" tape is a scary experience. Since playing tape is a process of continously polishing down the magnetic heads until the gap open..... Sometimes I will insert a short piece of wax back paper of double-side tape in front of the recording head during casual listening.
I sometimes do that too, I use either the hold down tape or aluminum duct tape.
Lyrec PTR-1 "Frida" is absolutely wonderful. Fortunetly I have one of the earlier MK-1 in my collection. A810 used "shift" or "modifier" key to achieve slower wind in three step (?). For A820 it is a different story. I don't have A80. Your improvised method of stopping guide roller is very creative. I probably would do the same under this situation: it is simple and fuctional. BTW very impressive collection! Lyrec TR55? OTARI MTR15?
No, no TR55, as I have never seen one for sale in the US, and no MTR15... they are rare, and I missed one recently because I was busy with something else at the moment. I would not mind having one in good condition. But Sony APR-5000 is something close to it. :)
Thank you very much for a very informative and important video!
Do you know any way of doing this with the ReVox B77 HS, and the Technics RS 1500?
Keep up the great work! 👏🏻👏🏻
Two very different cases. The B77 is already very gentle on tape, but low speed wind can probably be achieved by using a drop off resistor (as is done in many Japanese machines) or even a transformer - a system similar to that of the Telefunken. Ether way it would require a much more involved surgery than I did to the Studer. In case of RS-1500 I have not been inside of one, just owned it many years ago, but since it has the tape speed sensor it appears to me that a change in software could take care of that. That, however, is not something for a home hobbyist. From memory the wind there is brutal, so some improvement would be welcome.
@@Foxbat9000thank you so very much for your kind assistance. Pls keep posting your excellent videos!
@@alvarocoutinho3103 Thank you so much for your kind comments!
Those open reels scare the life out of me.
It is like riding a bicycle -once you overcome your initial fears and learn the few basic steps it becomes a total ho-hum event.
@@Foxbat9000 I'm sure, though let's face it, it only takes that one time at the absolute worst moment for tape to go flying everywhere like the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster.
@@jameslaidler2152 I am not going to lie to you by saying accident can't happen... yes, there is a BIT more risk, so you better know what you are doing. I have been lucky so far, and I have really pushed the envelope - like using 14" pancakes on 12" platters. :) You definitely don't want to be arguing with your teenage daughter while doing that. :)
But realistically, most studios use that format day in and day out, 24 hours a day.
@@jameslaidler2152 Don't use the tape machine when you're having epileptic convulsions and you shouldn't have to worry much.
@@activelow9297 HA HA! I'll keep that in mind.
As I know some people use a Lyrec Fred (editing machine) to rewind their rapes.
The resulting pack is very loose.
@@Foxbat9000 Thank you for the answer, I didn't know that. I should be getting one in the near future, but not for winding purposes :-)
@@szvencel Fred is not built for strong tape handling, its motors are fairly weak, but it is fine for what it is intended for. :)
@@Foxbat9000 As I know it has the same Yaskawa print motors as Frida has, so they should not be weaker, but perhaps the tape tension is different.
@@szvencel The whole layout is different. Frida has a capstan and two tension control systems, left and right. In Fred the two motors gently move the tape across a very simple tape path with low resistance. So the motors could be the same, but doing very different job. I have not measured the tape tensions in the two machines (might do it later), but the Fred's tape pack is very soft. Especially when you are using pancakes.
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