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MTR-90/Analog Tape Flashcards

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1
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Helicoptering

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When the tape machine is going at full speed at the end, the reel will fly off

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Tape Unload

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Releases the tension from the swing arms, allowing you to pull the tape away from the heads without having to rewind/fast forward all the way

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Spot Erase

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Used for manually erasing a very short piece of tape - removing short unwanted sounds

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Jog Wheel

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Used for moving the tape forwards or backwards at your own speed

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Cue button

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Engages the jog wheel

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Supply Swing Arm

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On both sides of the machine, these are used for tension on the tape

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Tacho Roller

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Counts tach pulses as the tape is spinning to determine how much time has passed on the tape

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Guide Roller

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On both sides keep the tape from moving vertically, ensuring tracks on tape line up with tracks on the heads

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Supply Reel

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When fully rewound, the tape will be on this side; it’s the side supplying us the recording from start to end

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Take Up Reel

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This is the side you load the tape onto, then rewind it to begin recording/playback

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Tape Speed

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Switch that changes the speed of the tape machine - options are HI(30IPS) or LOW(15IPS)

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Reset

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Button that resets the counter to zero - do this when you mark a zero point on the tape

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Splicing block

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Used for editing tape; tape is laid flat on the block, then sliced with a razor using one of the two slicing guide

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Capstan

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Controls the exact speed of the tape machine

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Take Up Swing Arm

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Same function as the Supply Swing Arm

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Shield

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This button raises and lowers the shield in front of the heads and tape; ALWAYS thread the tape before raising the shield

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Record

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This button will engage recording onto any tracks that are record-armed

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Transport Controls

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Play, Stop, Rewind, Fast Forward

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All Safe

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Disables the record function on all tracks; this should be engaged when not recording

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Track Arm

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These switches arm tracks, enabling them to record; red lights will blink when armed, and will be solid red when recording

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21
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All Input

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Puts all tracks intro input mode, allowing you to hear and set all levels

22
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All Repro

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When the machine is in all repro, you are hearing the the repro head; this has better playback quality than the sync head

23
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Individual/Selector Switches

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Used for Rehearsal Mode; this allows some tracks to be in input, while others are playing back

24
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Speed Display button

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Turns off the Speed Display lol

25
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Pitch Control switch has 3 settings which are:

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  1. Vari
  2. Fix
  3. Ext
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Vari setting

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The pitch control wheel controls the speed and pitch of the machine

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Fix setting

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The machine will be running at exactly 30IPS or 15IPS, and the pitch control wheel has no effect

28
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Ext setting

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Used when synchronising the MTR-90 to another machine

29
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Pitch Control knob

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Controls the exact speed, and therefore pitch, of the tape.

30
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What is the MTR-90’s pitch control range?

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+/- 25%

31
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Tape Time

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Displays the time the tape is currently at; does not auto reset when you reset the machine

32
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Tape Time Reset

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Resets the tape time window on the remote; does not reset the time on the machine

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Store Locations

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Pressing one of these buttons will store the current time on tape into one of the 10 available locate points

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Search Locations

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Pressing one of these buttons will automatically search to the assigned locate point

35
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Locate Time

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You can type a time into this window using the 10-key pad; pressing the Search button will always take the tape to the time in this window

36
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Locate Time Reset

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Resets the Locate Time window

37
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Zero Set

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Searches tape for a 1kHz tone and resets tape time to zero

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Search Zero

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Rewinds or Fast Forwards the tape to zero

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Search

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This button will take the tape to the time in the locate time window

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Shuttle

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Tape will automatically play and rewind between the times in the tape time and locate time windows

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Auto Rewind

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Tape will play until it reaches the time in the locate time window, automatically rewind to where it began playing and stop

42
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All Clear

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Tap Twice quickly to clear locate points

43
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Stopwatch

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A timer; has no relation to the tape time or transport

44
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Number Pad

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Typing into the numeric keypad enters numbers into the locate time window

45
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+/- Key

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Turns the locate time into a negative number

46
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Store

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This stores the time from the locate time window into a locate point

47
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Recall

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Recalls locate points into the locate time window

48
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Load

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Loads the time from the tape machine counter to the tape time on the remote

49
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Back arrow <=

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Moves the time from the locate time window to the tape time window

50
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30 IPS

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30 inches per second: higher fidelity, less noise

16 minutes 40 seconds reel

51
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15 IPS

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15 inches per second: lower fidelity, more noise, sounds different than 30 IPS

52
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Size of the tape determines _______

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How many channels/tracks it can hold

Music Production (16 decks)

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