Re: CiderPress v2.1.0 released

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Jayson Smith replied (top-posted for convenience):

The azimuth alignment adjustment is usually a small screw on
the right or left side of the read/write head when looking down
from the top.

On one side, there will be a tight regular mounting screw, and
on the other, there will be an adjustment screw that holds its
position with friction, not because it is tightened down.

Newer cassette decks may not even have adjustable alignment,
but I haven't checked on one made in the last ten years.

-michael


>Hi,
>I'm a blind person and I'm just curious, how do you adjust the allignment on
>a tape recorder?  Is there a standard place where the adjustment is, or does
>it vary from recorder to recorder?
>Jayson.
>
>"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
>20041117121234.08032.00000789@mb-m07.aol.com">news:20041117121234.08032.00000789@mb-m07.aol.com...
>> Andy McFadden wrote:
>>
>> (Regarding cassette tapes)
>>
>> >Six of the seven bad ones were published
>> >by Softape, one was from Apple.  The Apple tapes are usually pretty good,
>>
>> My experience with "published" cassettes is that many of them had
>> non-standard tape azimuth alignment, causing significant high frequency
>> rolloff when played on a properly aligned deck.
>>
>> The solution was to get out a small screwdriver and individually adjust
>> the alignment for each tape, peaking the high frequencies.
>>
>> Of course, when I finished, I realigned to my "standard" tape(s), which
>> were all the tapes I had recorded on the deck myself.
>>
>> -michael


-michael

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