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Article #1145Re: Tape deck bias
From: Theo ten Brummelaar
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:26
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:26
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In article <1993Jan25.155115.14789@city.cs> lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun) writes: >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? >>> >> ----------EXPLANATION DELETED----------- >> >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? > If you are tone deaf `white noise' is the best thing to use as a reference. Even tone deaf people can hear changes in this hissing noise. The easiest way to get white(ish) noise is to use an FM tunner set away from any station. Theo
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Newsgroups: rec.audio.pro Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: theo@physics.su.OZ.AU (Theo ten Brummelaar) Subject: Re: Tape deck bias Message-ID: <1993Jan26.012633.1113@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <1993Jan22.185157.22090@city.cs> <1993Jan23.221351.9680@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1993Jan25.155115.14789@city.cs> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:26:33 GMT Lines: 19