[BC] Article in RW Workbench--Question?

[Jerry Mathis]

The article didn't imply that at ALL, and in fact wouldn't require the elaborate oscilloscope and and audio oscillator setup. You're basically talking about making your own speed reference tape. If you did that, all you would need to set the questionable machine would be a frequency counter.

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Jerry Mathis

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Dave Riddle <enginr at windstream.net> wrote:
>Recorded on a "correct speed" reference recorder.
>>
>> I fail to understand how this would work, because if the tape speed is
>the same for both the recording and the playback, comparing the tone
>frequency of the audio oscillator and the tape playback will show no
>difference, irregardless of what the tape speed actually is, whether it's
>correct, or fast, or slow.
>>