Bay Area Studio Engineering
Servicing Analog Equipment since 1981...
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Test Tapes are recorded 'Full-Track', that is across the entire width of the tape.
This means a 2 inch test tape can be used to align both a 24 track machine or a 16 track machine...
So you usually only need ONE test tape width made with BOTH 15 ips and 30ips Calibration Tones.
For fully PROFESSIONAL STUDIO RECORDERS:
The 'Normal' "OPERATING LEVEL" test tape I recommend is a "+6" level (355nWb/m)
For Semi-Pro recorders: Tascam, Sony, Otari 5050's, Revox and so on...
The 'Normal' "OPERATING LEVEL" test tape I recommend is a "+3" level (250nWb/m)
The Test Tapes I use are CUSTOM made by MRL.
A few 'new' folks are also making test tapes now, some do a good job, others don't.
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Way back in 2008 we stopped selling Test Tapes ourselves....
the direct link to MRL is below, order your Test Tapes directly from MRL
times this site has been accessed since 1953
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