Talking about tracks remember master tape are always 2 track at 15 ips (rarely at 7.1/2). recording studio Source: Ampex virtual museum 24 channels Studer.Ĭourtesy by Alpha Dept. Multitracks heads: 16 channels Telefunken. Used only in professional studio recordings (typically 4, 8, 16 or 24 channels /tracks) for mastering tape. MULTITRACK The tape is recorded in one direction only but changing the tape width from 1/4” till 2” they can be record up to 24 different tracks. Used in domestic recording and consumer prerecorded tapes. Little less quality but double time playing. The tape inversion can take place manually by turning and exchanging the reels or automatically by inverting the tape direction sense in autoreverse function equipped recorders. Doing this way at tape end reel is turned and recorded on the other side. Keep this in mind and check if the old recording or mastering tape you are listening to fits 2 mm or 0,75 mm.īutterfly heads: Studer 0,75 mm Telefunken 0,75 mm Telefunken 2 mmĤ Tracks (Long Playing Stereo or 4 mono channels) Tape width is divide in 4 thinner tracks coupled in 1-3 / 4-2 order. Theses heads usually have the standard commercial 0,75 mm distance between the tracks but 2 mm distance is available in studio recorders for tape mastering and disc cutting. Two tracks "butterfly heads" are used in professional studio recorders to improve stereo crosstalk level. Used in professional and domestic master recording and consumer prerecorded tapes. Today used for alignment reference tapes only.Ģ tracks (or Half Track) (Stereo or 2 mono channels) Tape width is equally divide in two tracks for left and right channels and recorded in one direction only. The 1/4” width consumer magnetic tape can be recorded in several way to have different sound quality and playing time.įull track (MONO) Tape is recorded in full width in one direction only. Because record and playback heads have different electromagnetic characteristics the best choice is a 3 heads recorder which allows you to have additional features as real time monitor during the record and mixing effects as echo, Duo Play and Multiplay. The cheap machines have one head only for both record and playback function switched from record to playback circuits. The playback head especially designed for playing the signal. The record head especially designed for recording the signal High quality recorders have always three different magnetic heads. Some more flexible models have three or four speeds instead. The higher 15 ips (and the highest 30 ips now less used) is for semiprofessional and studio master recording. The lower one 1.7/8 ips (and lowest 15/16 ips) were for very long duration and special recordings as security surveillance, telephone recordings, etc. Speeds according to international standard are:ģ.3/4 ips and 7.1/2 ips most used in domestic recording and commercial prerecorded tapes. In general, the faster the speed and larger the tracks the better the sound quality with less noise (typical magnetic tape “hiss”) and better frequency response both on high and bass frequencies. Obviously recorders from different firms are slightly different one from another but the main functions and commands stay always the same for all. Picture below shows a Revox reel to reel recorder front panel. So: a reel to reel recorder is an electromechanical device which records and plays musical signals on magnetic tape. Just think for a moment all music lovers born from the early 80ties might have never seen and of course never listened to a reel to reel recorder.
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