[sdiy] Tape head collage (pretty much not synth DIY, sorry)

[Senso]

>The erase head will be a poor choice, the gap will be larger (worse 
>HF response)
>and
>the coil impedance will be much lower.

I was waiting for someone to say that. ;-)

>The head with four pins is undoubtedly a stereo head, I'd suggest 
>using only one
>half of the head.

On the contrary. Running it over a tape collage, might have 
spectacular stereo effects.
You could of course very simply make it mono/stereo switchable.

>Tape heads nead a really MAJOR preamp to work... they have lower 
>output (usually)
>than magnetic
>cartridges
>
>H^) harry

If you take the preamp out of the recorder you got the heads from, it 
should be about right. :-D

Senso



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