tape calibration

[Nubus]

Where would one go to order a cal tape?

[dagosto]

http://home.flash.net/~mrltapes/

[Nubus]

Yar I'm reading now. I'm trying to select the most appropiate one.

[Nubus]

So this is what I found in my basement. It powers up and the motors seem okay. I just am waiting on a reel of blank tape to see if the heads stil work at all.
http://www.dantiques.com/tapedecks/m...x230/index.htm
Can you guys help me determine which cal tape to use?

[Nubus]

woah the 2 inch cal tape is almost a grand!

[dagosto]

As far as what tones you need, it depends on what you need to calibrate. If the tapehead is off alignment or azimuth you need more tones I think. If you just are adjusting eq and bias you really only need 100, 1k, and 10k. I think most tapes made nowadays run on the NAB standard for retentivity. So you probably want that one.

[Nubus]

Yeah. It is $105. First I'll have to run tape across the thing and see if it does anything. This may be a lost cause

[Nubus]

Since it was made for the consumer the electrical bias in this machine isn't exactly user servicable. I'd have to open the case to get a t it. I think what I want to do now with this thing is use it as a tape delay. I want to try it out at least.