elektroneko - 2013-02-28 10:21
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know where I can buy calibration tapes (A factory recorded tape with a constant test tone) for a good price? There are some on eBay, but they are sold for 20 euro. It has to be available cheaper.
The cheapest way assuming you have a tape deck that is correctly adjusted...
You could make your own from a "reference recorder" and a tone generator from your PC.
Or you could try Alex Nitkin. He can provide you a variety of calibration tapes.
http://www.ant-audio.co.uk/ind...;qry=alignment_tapes
The best way to test your Tape player for correct speed is to - 1. get a Sound check cd with a tone test track ....say 4 khz,any high tones will expose wow and flutter on the tape 2. record onto a good cassette a few times with the cd track on repeat 3.get a multimeter with frequency counter setting and attatch probes across a resistor that maches the ohms of your speakers i.e - 4 or 8 ohm etc 4.put the resistor ends across one speaker output socket(or internal spk) 5. Play tape & add a little volume to that channel. Whatever frequency tone you have recored, you should see on the meter. reading may vary but only to a decimal point. To adjust the speed, look at the back of the tape motor - there may be a hole, use a jewelers screwdriver and GENTLY turn the internal adjuster. Try to match the reading to the tone. Hope this helps!
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know where I can buy calibration tapes (A factory recorded tape with a constant test tone) for a good price? There are some on eBay, but they are sold for 20 euro. It has to be available cheaper.
Originally Posted by ElektroNeko:
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know where I can buy calibration tapes (A factory recorded tape with a constant test tone) for a good price? There are some on eBay, but they are sold for 20 euro. It has to be available cheaper.
I can make you a tape. I just record every tone you want to a cassette with my d6c. I use it myself to tune my players...
Originally Posted by ssgeek45:
The best way to test your Tape player for correct speed is to - 1. get a Sound check cd with a tone test track ....say 4 khz,any high tones will expose wow and flutter on the tape 2. record onto a good cassette a few times with the cd track on repeat 3.get a multimeter with frequency counter setting and attatch probes across a resistor that maches the ohms of your speakers i.e - 4 or 8 ohm etc 4.put the resistor ends across one speaker output socket(or internal spk) 5. Play tape & add a little volume to that channel. Whatever frequency tone you have recored, you should see on the meter. reading may vary but only to a decimal point. To adjust the speed, look at the back of the tape motor - there may be a hole, use a jewelers screwdriver and GENTLY turn the internal adjuster. Try to match the reading to the tone. Hope this helps!
Hey everyone,
Does anyone know where I can buy calibration tapes (A factory recorded tape with a constant test tone) for a good price? There are some on eBay, but they are sold for 20 euro. It has to be available cheaper.
use those things either side of your head there called ears ! 
