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Old 12th Jul 2019, 9:39 am   #19
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Default Re: How to set the speed on cassette decks.

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Originally Posted by ricard View Post
All the responses here boil down to having a prerecorded tape recorded with a known test tone at a known tape speed. I wonder if one couldn't measure the speed of the flywheel using a stroboscope of sorts, although of course that doesn't take into account any slippage of the tape.
Sorry to disagree but I notice several of the responses go back to first principles i.e. how much tape passes the head in how much time. I like the continuous tone + erase-clicks a certain length of tape apart.

However, in the For Sale area, someone has snapped-up a test cassette so maybe that person could be persuaded to make a few clones. Just for the tape speed (head alignment etc being too machine dependent).
Graham
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