On 06/02/2013, Henry Borchers wrote:
> I should most likely clarify. It's a mono but dual-mono on half-track.
> I have also tested my deck and it is calibrated. The azimuth is
> correctly set so it's not off by 1/2 a cycle. I have tested my signal
> path and it's ok. The cables match: hot, cold and ground are correctly
> wired.
>
> The majority of the tapes are fine but it's just a select few
> dual-mono half track tapes that are 180 degrees out of phase with left
> and right channels.
>
> It's really easy to "fix" by inverting the phase on the digital file
> of one channel but I'm trying to figure out how a recording got this
> way. My current guess is that since this is an amateur recording,
> someone had wired their deck incorrectly on one of their cables but I
> was wondering if anybody else had any other possible more likely
> culprits and if this is a common problem that I've just not seen
> before.
>
I agree with another poster that a quarter-inch jack is the most likely
culprit.
Regards
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Don Cox
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