Tape Trail

Pros and Cons of Mono reel-to-reel recording.

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In Reply to: RE: Recording in Mono posted by latestyle on November 01, 2009 at 21:54:26

Advantages include: over 3 dB lower Tape hiss since the entire tape is magnetized with the signal.

Disadvantages include: Substantially more critical head and tape path alignment. Any errors become more difficult to tolerate due to the width of the recorded track.

The advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

When recording a Mono source onto a 2-track (Stereo) tape, those alignment issues become even MORE critical. It is usually better to select just one of the channels as a Mono source.

Hope this helps.

Bill

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