Is anyone still mixing to 1/4" analog tape

[Angus Kerr]

Saw a Revox B77 somebody is selling.

Looking to turn it around.

Is there still a market for these things, or is everyone now mixing to digital?

-A.

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 9/23/2015 4:23 AM, Angus Kerr wrote:
> Saw a Revox B77 somebody is selling.
> Is there still a market for these things, or is everyone now mixing to digital?

There are still people who will use something like that as a signal
processor, but I think that most of the shootouts mixing to tape and
through a digital chain have been fought and the conclusion now is that
you might as well use digital. There will always be a couple of
holdouts, but they'll be more likely to look for an Ampex ATR-102 with
1/2" stereo heads to mix to rather than a Revox B77.


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[Scott Dorsey]

Angus Kerr > wrote:
>Saw a Revox B77 somebody is selling.
>
>Looking to turn it around.
>
>Is there still a market for these things, or is everyone now mixing to digital?

There's still a market for higher grade recorders. I don't know if the
B77 exactly counts.

I would urge you to avoid the B77 because there are a number of common failure
parts that are no longer obtainable, like the switch assembly.

But I am seeing prices on Ampex machines rising up again.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[JackA]

On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 4:23:35 AM UTC-4, Angus Kerr wrote:
> Saw a Revox B77 somebody is selling.
>
> Looking to turn it around.
>
> Is there still a market for these things, or is everyone now mixing to digital?
>
> -A.

Some years ago, on TV, they conducted and experiment, maybe with (6) participants, to see if people could tell the difference between analog and digital recordings, same music/songs, just different recorded formats. Average, 50% of the time the participants were correct!!! In other words, no, human hearing isn't that accurate!

Jack