[sdiy] cheap and decent reel to reel recommendations?

[Rude 66]

what i'd do is pay more attention to the general state of a machine than a
specific brand. yes, it's nice to find an old studer, but they need
servicing, calibraton, etc which can be quite expensive. for instance i have
an old revox g36 i got for free, it weighs a ton and is full of tubes, but
it needs to be fixed and calivbrated. something like an a or b77 can run
forever, but be aware of worn tape heads.

if you don't need it for master recording or anything, then go with the
cheap consumer reel to reels.. especially if it's for modification and
experimenting. then when something goes wrong, you just buy another
cheapo...

r./

(who'd love to have a studer a-80 in his living room.;-)




----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Araya" <daniel.araya at sr.se>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>; <denshiblocks at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:08 AM
Subject: Ang: [sdiy] cheap and decent reel to reel recommendations?


> >>> denshi <denshiblocks at yahoo.com> 2003-09-11 05:50:31 >>>
> >any veterans of tape splicing/musique concrete have
> >recommendations for a decent and affordable reel to
> >reel machine?  i would like to explore some of the
> >tape techniques that i take for granted on computers.
> >
> >it needs to be affordable, and i would like to modify
> >it to have variable speed with a pot (unless of course
> >thats a feature).  so far ive seen some interesting
> >ureh and akai models, but im looking for suggestions.
> >thanks all!
> >
> >seth s. nemec
>
>
> I'm not a veteran in tapespliceing but I would recommend the Studer
> B67. It is a professional taperecorder with provision for a simple
> remotecontrol with pitchcontroll.
> You can sometimes get them pretty cheap from radio and tv-stations,
> universities and professional recordingstudios.
> I have seen them for 100$ to 600$ a piece here in Sweden and i suspect
> similar prices worldwide since most places that use them has movet to a
> more digital workenvironment.
>
> Regards,
>
> /Daniel Araya