HELP, Otari MTR12 problem ?!

[Lodgesound]

Not at all Alan - I am just glad to be on the mend now after a terrible start to the year with my health.

Looking forward to hopefully fixing Al's machine.

[337alant]

Good to hear Stewart
Lets hope that the fault is something simple, I'm sure you will have it sorted pretty quickly

Alan

[Audio Al]

Having SOLD my big van I now need to use a van and I can't get one
Tried hiring a van , NO GO

No way of me getting the 12 over to Stewart

Then Like Batman a bolt out of the blue I will be getting a visit for Phil one of the Lodgesound team

What a top duo these lads are

Im now getting excited that it may be on the way to being fixed and I can OVERDOSE on R2R action

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Will update later as the progress happens
Im interested to see how this is done

[Audio Al]

Its working on playback , Turns out it was the pin connections in the XLR leads , apparently Otari use a different pin configuration to all the others and the 2 sets of leads I purchased were wired for all other machines and not Otari
Heads and rollers all cleaned , Bias adjusted and set up using a signal generator
I do have a problem with the record side of things as its shows a 6db inbalance between the 2 channels that can't be adjusted
At a later date some further TLC is required

But at least it now plays and sounds great

[Lodgesound]

Good news Al........that Phil is a clever one....

[Audio Al]

Good news Al........that Phil is a clever one....

Forgot to mention Phil also swapped all the buttons from the remote into the machine as they were worn out , Now all the buttons work on the machine

He is good at wielding a soldering iron

[337alant]

Excellent news Al
And fantastic service Stewart / Phil well done

How does it sound compared to your MX55?.
Alan