Not so, or Stanley Lipshitz would not have invented the polarity 
calibration tape, available from MRL.



On 2015-03-10 2:21 PM, JAMES HOWARTH wrote:
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> On Mar 10, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Richard L. Hess <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> - If you do a reverse transfer the audio will require a polarity reversal in the software to match the forward channel.
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> Why? gauss is gauss, north is north and south is south, plus is plus, minus is minus, regardless of the direction of tape travel.
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> Jamie
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