I did my first recording in both directions this weekend. I was super excited to sit down for a listen tonight. When I played my freshly recorded tape, it was blank. No sound, no meter movement, nothing on either direction. Previously I made 2 recordings that were single direction only (left to right), and it worked fine, so I must be doing something wrong.
Here's what I did:
Starting with the blank BASF 35 tape, I exercised the tape on FF and REW
Then, with the full blank tape on the left, I began recording, listening to both the source and tape through headphones plugged into the 707. This was with the green arrow like this >.
Then I flipped the take up reel with all the tape on it to the left side, and the BASF reel to the right, and recoded the second side. I'm pretty sure this is where I went wrong.
Tried playing the tape both directions and it's blank.
I read the manual on recording, but it didn't say anything about how to record both directions (or I missed it).
Can the RT-707 record in auto reverse?
Can someone tell me where I went wrong, and the proper procedure?
Onebean
Here's what I did:
Starting with the blank BASF 35 tape, I exercised the tape on FF and REW
Then, with the full blank tape on the left, I began recording, listening to both the source and tape through headphones plugged into the 707. This was with the green arrow like this >.
Then I flipped the take up reel with all the tape on it to the left side, and the BASF reel to the right, and recoded the second side. I'm pretty sure this is where I went wrong.
Tried playing the tape both directions and it's blank.
I read the manual on recording, but it didn't say anything about how to record both directions (or I missed it).
Can the RT-707 record in auto reverse?
Can someone tell me where I went wrong, and the proper procedure?
Onebean