CHART NINE

Tape recorder

Tape player

Sound poor only on new recordings made by this machine:

Clean and demagnetize tape heads.

Sound poor on playback of all tapes, new and old:

see below

No improvement:

see below

Sound OK:

Bad commercial tape copy, or tape was damaged by poor storage conditions or exposure to magnetic field.

No improvement:

Try recording from another source.

Sound OK:

Heads were dirty or magnetized.

Clean and demagnetize tape heads

Sound poor on mikes, OK on other input:

Mike preamp section of tape machine defective.

Sound poor on both sets of inputs:

Tape machine defective.

Sound still poor:

Tape machine defective.

Sound OK:

Heads were dirty or magnetized.