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In article <1993Jan23.221351.9680@ultb.isc.rit.edu> cms2839@ultb.isc.rit.edu (a.stranger) writes:
>In article <1993Jan22.185157.22090@city.cs> lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun) writes:
>>There is a bias knob on my church's analogue tape deck (Sony TCK570)
>>but I have always set it in the middle. What can I do with it? Is it
>>that with `good' tapes I should increase bias and with el cheapo
>>tapes reduce the bias?
>>
>	The bias knob is used during recording only.  The way to set it
>is quite simple:
>
>o  Connect any appropriate source to the deck's inputs and set the
>record levels appropriately.
>
>o  Load a blank tape and start recording.
>
>o  Listen, alternately, to the source and the tape (this can obviously
>be done only with a three head deck, which will have a "Monitor" switch
>to do this).  Using headphones or a good set of control monitors to
>listen, adjust the bias knob until the source and the playback sound the
>same.

That is fair enough, in fact I tried it a bit, but what if
you're tone deaf? Is there a rough rule of thumb that I can
bear in mind?

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