Re: transferring cassettes to CD - Plusdeck 2C or other options

"Paul Stamler" <pstamlerhell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > How do you know how to adjust the azimuth - or how would a device
know
>> > what the correct setting is? Is there some fail safe way to tell, or
>> > do you have to use your own ears?
>>
>> The best way to adjust azimuth is to have a mono test tape, and adjust 
>> the
>> azimuth until tape heads tracking the top and bottom edges of the 
>> recorded
>> track reproduce waves with identical timing.
>
> That gets the player aligned with "standard" azimuth, which is of course
> best if you're recording and playing back. But if you're playing back
> cassettes which were probably recorded on a machine with the azimuth
> misaligned, you need to set it by ear (or use a ****amichi Dragon with
its
> automatic alignment).

Right.  It's been too long since I seriously transcribed any cassettes.

> Best way to do that by ear is to adjust for maximum
> high frequencies *with the playback summed to a mono signal*. Makes the
> proper setting a *lot* easier to find -- yes, even on a signal that's
> stereo. Ideally you dub through the computer and listen to the
computer's
> output summed to mono, so you can listen as you go and, as Mike says,
stop
> when you hear it getting off.