I found this video showing how to align a tape machine. It's good and I understand everything, except a couple of things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSbEj4Ho0Vs
At 09:10 in the video, the guy explains how to set the recording level, by sending a 1 kHz tone from the mixing deck to the tape machine and he says that both the mixer and the tape machine should display 0 VU = +4 dbu. That's clear.
However, at 10:15 he proceeds to set the input level and he says something like: "Now we're sending a 1 kHz tone to the tape machine from the mixing console and thats NUMBER 6 on the strip there".
What is NUMBER 6? At 9:28, I'm trying to look closely at the mixer's strips to find out what "6" means. I thought, maybe it's some Peak Programme Meter mark that somehow corresponds to 0 VU (+4 dBu), but what PPM scale that would be? I've never seen something like that. Maybe I confused something?
I think that he shouldn't have mentioned that "6", cause it's so confusing. I guess he's just sending a normal +4 dBu signal, but the picture is blurry I cannot really read the mixer's strip.
That was one thing that I don't understand. Now there's another. At 07:21 he sets the bias, and says that he is sending a 10 kHz tone with a level of -6 dB from the console. Why -6 dB? Is he overbiasing or something?
He mentions in the beginning that he's elevating the fluxivity or someting, but why they can't make a video for total newbies where everything will be by the standard and then they can mention that you can make things differently.
Thanks.
Tape Alignement video question
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rhythm ranch and Matt C., thanks for your replies. You are probably right.
But I was looking at the mixer and I thought, maybe it really shows +6. Here's a snapshot of the video. Each of the meters has a VU scale on the left and some PM (peak meter?) scale on the right and it really looks as if there's a 6 mark there. However the resolution is not really good. Probably I just confused things.
But I was looking at the mixer and I thought, maybe it really shows +6. Here's a snapshot of the video. Each of the meters has a VU scale on the left and some PM (peak meter?) scale on the right and it really looks as if there's a 6 mark there. However the resolution is not really good. Probably I just confused things.
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