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- Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:35 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: DIY Capstan Speed Control
- Replies: 7
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Well it worked, finally. Nate was right about the standard logic thing. The symmetrical square wave (via synth, soundforge, whatever) didn't cut it. I needed a positive only signal & ended up getting a used function generator that could spit out TTL. But after all that it works great. I get like plu...
- Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:35 am
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: Charles Frank Black Francis Thompson
- Replies: 89
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- Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:29 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Ear Care
- Replies: 37
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Occasionally I'll be in a concert environment where the noise level isn't skull crushingly loud. I find that foam plugs fully stuffed in my ears is too quiet but no protection is too loud. So I will sometimes insert the plugs part way, mainly cutting the upper freqs. If my ears say we're OK, should ...
- Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:56 pm
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: List your Bandcamp page
- Replies: 614
- Views: 309330
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:55 pm
- Forum: Tape Op Magazine
- Topic: Trey Spruance interview
- Replies: 2
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- Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:48 pm
- Forum: Tape Op Magazine
- Topic: Trey Spruance interview
- Replies: 2
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Trey Spruance interview
http://www.tapeop.com/articles/85/trey-spruance/
Still trying to get my head around this. Fascinating stuff. California and Book of Horizons are two albums I refer to a lot.
Still trying to get my head around this. Fascinating stuff. California and Book of Horizons are two albums I refer to a lot.
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 6:28 pm
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: Beck Cover
- Replies: 3
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- Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:52 pm
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: List your Bandcamp page
- Replies: 614
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Bill Bruford was puzzled. He had just arrived at the studio to cut another piano & drums album with Patrick Moraz, but Pat was nowhere to be found. Scratching his head, he left through the back entrance and ran headlong into Harold Budd and The Orb. They had just lit the most enormous spliff Bill h...
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:41 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: DIY Capstan Speed Control
- Replies: 7
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I'm waiting for a 37 pin connector w/ solder points so I can make secure connections. Far as I can tell (from a very thorough manual!), pin 23 has a 10k resistor between it and the power supply. So I think/hope I'm covered on the pull-down. I realized getting a clean 19kHz signal is harder than I th...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:05 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: DIY Capstan Speed Control
- Replies: 7
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Here's one more clue from the manual (for posterity or whatever -- you probably have this already): When the Speed Mode is set to EXT, the tape speed is controlled by the reference signal connected to the REMOTE connector on the rear panel. If the Speed Mode is set to EXT and the PITCH ENABLE line (...
- Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:54 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: DIY Capstan Speed Control
- Replies: 7
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I assumed since Duty Cycle was mentioned, it would be a square wave, not a sine. I read some about what you referred to (using mains frequency) and I think it's the same general idea, but with a twist or two... Here's the page from the manual. It's all I really have to go on. What isn't clear is amp...
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:18 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: DIY Capstan Speed Control
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3778
DIY Capstan Speed Control
Hi all, first post here. I have an Otari MX-50 and would like to experiment more with vari-speed effects. The built in vari-speed is pretty mild unfortunately (less than +- 1 step in pitch) but there is an option for external capstan control via the 37 pin remote connector. The manual indicates it c...