2 inch tape

I keep reading them on many posts here, and I recently read it ain a Recording magazine article where it said "We recorded the drums into a 2 inch tape and then passed them on into the DAW"





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-What type of machines are these ?

-What are they used for ?

Hi,

I attend a recording school, and recieved a reel of 2 inch to record a project on. Judging by the amount of labels on the box, I could tell that I was the fourth person to use this reel. God only knows how many times it has been recorded on. When I was mixing down my project I noticed a distinct hiss in the background.

What are the sonic differences between these, and other, tape types?

I'm using a 1/2", 8-track, 15 ips format for mostly rock stuff.



(my apologies for posting this in 2 places, but I'm looking for as much feedback as possible)

thanks

McAllister

Hi,

I've just bought a 24 2", and need some suggestions on tapes. Unfortunately I don't have the possibilities to test all different brands, and the only one I've worked with was 456 on a Otari MX80.

I work mostly on rock tunes.



Any suggestion. .bias? calibrated to?