On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 18:49 -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote: > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Studer/Revox? I spent 2 years, about 1980, keeping 3 of those spinning 14" > > NAB reels running in an automation system feeding our FM station at KSUE. > > Not a particularly friendly machine to work on, but sure worked nice. And > > no, I wouldn't want to do it again since I don't have the manuals. > > Manuals? You need manuals? Real men don't need manuals ... well, they > certainly don't use them :) JFTR Gene seems not to talk about an user manual, but a service manual. The reason that most consumer 4 track cassette recorders did sound that disgusting, wasn't the quality of the 4 track tape decks, it was missing maintenance. From the many musicians I know, I'm the only one who bought a service manual for the 4 track cassette recorder. It indeed seems to be uncommon to take a look at a service manual when something doesn't sound ok. This might be ok for home recording, since most people anyway couldn't use a service manual, but for professional recording a service manual is needed. You at least want an exploded diagram of the drive. No service manuals needed for computer CD/DVD drives, they will go to http://lmgtfy.com/?q=agbogbloshie+images :(, that was different for consumer and studio analog gear. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
