[sdiy] OT Tape play heads

[Kylee Kennedy]

Practice, practice, practice. I think if you can design a little trough to
align it that might help also.

I haven’t built a bow/violin but use a tape head in my hand and rub it
along the tape medium attached to a board. I use the Magnetophon module
from Music Thing Modular. These are mono heads and still seem to be quite
finnicky. I remember from my 4-track days if the signal was really hot it
would bleed into the other channels so I’m sure you want to record to tape
at the highest level you can without distorting.

Would love to see some pics and or vids of your build.


Kylee




On Sunday, April 29, 2018, <frey at radioles.com> wrote:

> Hello all, I built a tape loop “violin” a couple of years ago with
> acceptable success. The biggest issue is I am making loops on a stereo reel
> to reel and am playing them back on a stereo play head from a very old reel
> to reel that is mounted on the “violin” so alignment as I pass the loop
> across the fixed play head is an issue. I am asking if anyone has advice on
> this? Are there mono reel to reel play heads that have larger areas? Even
> info on how to determine efficiency of the dynamic range(?) of the output
> or old brands or if an old dictation machine(mono) might make a better
> donor. Thanks for the help. JoeF.
>
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