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    The record head in a studio machine will have the ability to replay as well - this is called the sync output. A simple explanation is attached in the link

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    Say you flicked the switch and heard nothing. or heard horrible distortion? Then you could stop the recording, fix the problem and start again. Without monitoring you would not know there was an issue until you had finished the recording and decided to play it back. Time wasted.
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    You can check the tape is not saturating and distorting, the heads are not magnetised and the tape is running smoothly.

    Yes you're right - if you are recording a live performance and there are problems there is nothing you can do about it, apart from correcting the fault and re-recording, which being live is not possible. But for making back-up copies of say LPs, CDs or other tapes, you can re-record if the first attempt throws up problems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by topoxforddoc View Post
    The record head in a studio machine will have the ability to replay as well - this is called the sync output. A simple explanation is attached in the link

    http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/ho...ultitrack/3484
    OK thanks will have a read of that tonight
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    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Al View Post
    OK thanks will have a read of that tonight
    Al, did that help?
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    Quote Originally Posted by topoxforddoc View Post
    Al, did that help?
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    Let me elaborate
    Yes I understand 2 track / 4 track / 8 track recording etc

    And I understand that you can hear whats about to be recorded in the monitor position but a nano second later its on the record head

    You can't listen to a band play a track all the way through then say " Yes OK men that was good , Can we record it now as I was listening while monitoring " If they then did that track again and did a straight recording a bum note or bad vocal could occur
    rendering that take useless
    Or have I missed something
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    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Al View Post
    Let me elaborate
    Yes I understand 2 track / 4 track / 8 track recording etc

    And I understand that you can hear whats about to be recorded in the monitor position but a nano second later its on the record head

    You can't listen to a band play a track all the way through then say " Yes OK men that was good , Can we record it now as I was listening while monitoring " If they then did that track again and did a straight recording a bum note or bad vocal could occur
    rendering that take useless
    Or have I missed something
    In the monitor mode you hear what has been recorded - what is actually on the tape, not what's about to be recorded.

    There will be small delay, given by the distance between the record head and the replay head, divided by the tape speed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    In the monitor mode you hear what has been recorded - what is actually on the tape, not what's about to be recorded.

    There will be small delay, given by the distance between the record head and the replay head, divided by the tape speed.
    OK so I did miss something ,

    The fault is recorded and then you hear it
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    The faults you hear when monitoring will be in the recording, not necessarily in what is being recorded. So any faults in the performance by the players, such as bum notes, instruments out of tune etc. would still be recorded, even if the recording process was perfect.

    Monitoring is there just to assess the quality of the recording process.
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