elektroneko - 2013-02-28 10:21
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know where I can buy calibration tapes (A factory recorded tape with a constant test tone) for a good price? There are some on eBay, but they are sold for 20 euro. It has to be available cheaper.
The cheapest way assuming you have a tape deck that is correctly adjusted...
You could make your own from a "reference recorder" and a tone generator from your PC.
Or you could try Alex Nitkin. He can provide you a variety of calibration tapes.
http://www.ant-audio.co.uk/ind...;qry=alignment_tapes
The best way to test your Tape player for correct speed is to - 1. get a Sound check cd with a tone test track ....say 4 khz,any high tones will expose wow and flutter on the tape 2. record onto a good cassette a few times with the cd track on repeat 3.get a multimeter with frequency counter setting and attatch probes across a resistor that maches the ohms of your speakers i.e - 4 or 8 ohm etc 4.put the resistor ends across one speaker output socket(or internal spk) 5. Play tape & add a little volume to that channel. Whatever frequency tone you have recored, you should see on the meter. reading may vary but only to a decimal point. To adjust the speed, look at the back of the tape motor - there may be a hole, use a jewelers screwdriver and GENTLY turn the internal adjuster. Try to match the reading to the tone. Hope this helps!
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know where I can buy calibration tapes (A factory recorded tape with a constant test tone) for a good price? There are some on eBay, but they are sold for 20 euro. It has to be available cheaper.
Originally Posted by ElektroNeko:
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know where I can buy calibration tapes (A factory recorded tape with a constant test tone) for a good price? There are some on eBay, but they are sold for 20 euro. It has to be available cheaper.
I can make you a tape. I just record every tone you want to a cassette with my d6c. I use it myself to tune my players...
Originally Posted by ssgeek45:
The best way to test your Tape player for correct speed is to - 1. get a Sound check cd with a tone test track ....say 4 khz,any high tones will expose wow and flutter on the tape 2. record onto a good cassette a few times with the cd track on repeat 3.get a multimeter with frequency counter setting and attatch probes across a resistor that maches the ohms of your speakers i.e - 4 or 8 ohm etc 4.put the resistor ends across one speaker output socket(or internal spk) 5. Play tape & add a little volume to that channel. Whatever frequency tone you have recored, you should see on the meter. reading may vary but only to a decimal point. To adjust the speed, look at the back of the tape motor - there may be a hole, use a jewelers screwdriver and GENTLY turn the internal adjuster. Try to match the reading to the tone. Hope this helps!
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know where I can buy calibration tapes (A factory recorded tape with a constant test tone) for a good price? There are some on eBay, but they are sold for 20 euro. It has to be available cheaper.
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