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Offline jcmusic

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Speed Question
« on: October 27, 2009, 03:18:25 PM »
What speed would a r2r be using to equal 33.3 of a tt?

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Re: Speed Question
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2009, 07:56:40 PM »
What speed would a r2r be using to equal 33.3 of a tt?

Jay

Not sure I understand the question. What speed is equivalent in quality? Depends on a lot of things but for copying a record probably 7 1/2 is good enough.
What is the same media linear velocity? That changes with where you are on the record.
When does the reel speed equal 33 1/3 RPM?
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Re: Speed Question
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2009, 09:21:09 PM »
Looking at the R2R playing, about 1/2 way through on a 7' reel
7.5 IPS it looks like the reel speed is 30 RPM. :)
Off hand I think the -3DB is 18 Khz for 7 1/2' and 20 Khz for 15 ips,
but your R2R manual should give the details.
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Re: Speed Question
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2009, 02:30:53 PM »
...Off hand I think the -3DB is 18 Khz for 7 1/2' and 20 Khz for 15 ips, ...
I'm sure you're right in many realistic cases, but theoretically (i.e. with the same head gap and a low enough head capacitance) you should be able to get another octave at twice the tape speed.
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Re: Speed Question
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2009, 06:20:37 PM »
I suspect it is the Recording Head rather than the playback head that
would give the absolute limit of freq response and linear response.
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