Re: Sony TC-105 Reel-to-Reel Recorder

From: Buck Frobisher (farside114_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/05/05


Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:33:43 -0500


"WEBPA" <webpa@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20050204200718.21978.00000364@mb-m05.aol.com...
> Don't think you never will get 4 simultaneous audio channels from a Sony
> TC-105
> or '105A. They are 4-track, 2 channel machines. In 1/4 inch tape parlance
> this
> means: 4 linear tracks (with guard bands) consisting of a stereo pair for
> each
> direction.
>
> A hint about the machine's number of tracks is: How many VU meters are on
> the
> front panel? Two or Four. That's how many tracks it can record and play
> at the
> same time.

Dude, it's a MONO machine. ONE VU meter. On each side of the tape the
"track exchange" switch allows you to select which of the available tracks
on that side you can play. Then you flip the tape over and have the same
choice on the other side.

In other words, -no- stereo playback. Or record, for that matter.

-- 
"Stay strong.  Be brave.  Wait for the signs."
Regards,
Frank Johansen
Aurora, Ontario 


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