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I bought some old tapes with music on.. Ive had some tapes that leaked old musich when recording over it through the years. So I decided to buy an eraser ( some old heavy sony one )I read on internet these erasers even reduce some of the hiss/background noise that is on tapes. But now when Ive recorded I to my big surprise hear that the hiss has increased. I cant stand that high hiss/noise.. itīs terrible. I again recorded over the old music, laid back and enjoyed the music again, very little hiss but may be some old music there.. BUT a big BUT..not that very high hiss that makes the bulk eraser totally unuseful.
So why is this like this ? the eraser should not do this ? maybe you havent got super ears and realise this my friends?
Im gonna record without bulking if this cant be solved.....anyone ?
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Make sure you erase both sides of the tape, and remove the tape from the eraser's field (2-3feet) before shutting off the eraser. Make sure no other tapes are near that field either! Increased noise either means a defective bulk eraser or improper technique.I used a Garner belt eraser in a professional setting some years ago, and despite a magnetic field strong enough to pull the keys out of your pocket, some tapes required more than one pass to be completely cleaned.
I have a 30 year old Lafeyette bulk eraser that is half the size of a brick and works flawlessly. If used correctly, circular motion right on the cassete and withdrawn slowly while still on to a distance of about 2 feet before you turn it off. If the bulk eraser is working, the tapes should be dead silent, as if they were new. Anytime you hear the previous recording, it would almost guarantee an erase head problem.
I'm not saying it isn't happening, but it shouldn't be possible. The erase head on your deck (if it's working properly) wipes out whatever is in it's path when you record, including any residual noise leftover after you bulk erase. The noise on a bulk-erased tape should be much lower than the previous signal recorded on the tape.I'm wondering if your deck might have a head alignment issue. That could be the culprit.
I have a Radio Shack eraser that works great. I always bulk my tapes before re-recording.
thanks for answering,I record on a pioneer ct-f900 3 head deck... it really gives high backgound hiss =? not sure this is the right word..but sure u understand me = ?
if recorded over old music , the music sounds great like the original I would say., but after bulking the tape itīs alot of "hiss" over the music... I can use treble but then music is more dimb of course..
That Pioneer is a nice deck. Other than a head alignment issue, I can't think of a reason that would be occurring. Perhaps another inmate has an idea?I'd have a technician check out your deck.
If you dont properly use a bulk eraser I guess you could leave some of the magnetism. I have never been a Radio Shack fan. I have their eraser and it wont completly erase metal tapes. Listen to a brand new opened tape on your machine then bulk erase it and listen. Mike
I normally only bulk erase used tapes, since there's a signal on there that needs erasing.Maybe it doesn't completely erase a metal tape, I dunno. I have the model that's supposed to erase metal and video tapes. Most of my tapes are CrO2, though. I think I have maybe 3 metal tapes out of about a thousand.
Does a good job for me, anyway.
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