mah (03/12/83)
I have a Pioneer CT-6R cassette deck and occasionally record material from the radio (Pioneer SX-6 (for anyone interested)). I basically know how to set the recording levels, but I am not sure about a few things. The deck has LED meters, and does not hold "peaks". Is it better to adjust the controls so that the meters barely hit 0db or is will the sound be better (not only louder) if they are set higher. What are the ad- vantages and disadvantages of each of these settings and where should the meters actually reach while recording? Any information would be appreciated. By the way, I recently purch- ased this Pioneer deck. Does anyone have an identical deck or have any comments (good or bad) about it? Thank you, ihuxx!mah
russ (03/15/83)
#R:ihuxx:-36700:kirk:22800002:000:745 kirk!russ Mar 14 10:51:00 1983 Re: Setting record levels... The recording level on a tape deck appears to be a function of the deck and the tape being recorded. Apparently the various parameters of a recording system are optimized for a particular tape. I have a Hitachi deck; they own Maxell therefore the deck is optimized for Maxell Udxl tapes. Hitachi also OEMs Maxell tapes under their own label. I have never succeeded in saturating my UDXL I tapes with the aforementioned deck, even when recording classical orchestral pieces. I usually play the loudest section of music on the album and set the level between +3 and +5 db. It gets harder when you can't preplay what you're taping. Best to guess and not fiddle with it. Russ Nelson ...hp-pcd!hp-cvd!russ