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20 year old 2" tape

I was just given a reel of Ampex 456 at +3/250 15 ips recorded in 1982 to replace a vocal track and mix. My MCI is setup for +6/250 30ips.

(1) How do/will I know if the tape will require baking.
(2) How will I need to set up the MCI. If I switch to IEC will this be sufficent for record (1 or 2 tracks) and playback?

Calrec 1061s. like neves?

hey mcSnare et al,

had a chance to use some brent averill-racked calrec 1061 pre/eqs and LOVED them! now, according to legend the calrec company was hired by the bbc to make copies of the Neve gear of the time. my question.

. what Neve model are the 1061s based on? and would you say they sounded identical, or at least close, to the equivalent Neve model?