[BC] Tape deck issue

[Douglas B. Pritchett]

Paul, the simple answer is to get rid of the cassette decks.....but I 
understand the constraints.
Since you're and AM, you are not combining the left and right outputs 
(either before the board, or after) are you? That usually means phase 
error or "swishy or mushy" sounds. Just feed one channel to the board 
even if the board is stereo..
If that's not the case, try this:
Get a bottle of isopropol alcohol and clean the heads, tape guides, and 
roller. Do the tapes exhibit the same maladies on other machines? I'm 
assuming they are recorded off site and played back there? Maybe it's 
the recording machine.
Also, be aware that the longer the tape (time) the thinner the tape and 
more chances of wow and flutter.
If you're using a consumer-grade machine, consider replacing every year.
Best of luck.

-- 
Douglas B. Pritchett
Fort Wayne, IN
WBZQ1300 at verizon.net

 


Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

> Hello:
>
> We run some of our programming of casettes and even after switching to 
> new
> casettes(the others werent that old)... our tapes seem warbly.
>
> You know, the voice soudns OK, but any music under it sounds like a bad
> dialup webstream.
>
> What should I do to detemrine what the problem is? I know that sounds 
> like a
> silly question to most, but I'm not familiar with tape decks.
>
>