What happens in reverse mode with the same tape? Rears should be forwards and fronts playing backwards. It seems it will play a quad tape in forward just fine and the problem is in the reverse switching.yes if you put it on 4 channel, plug the output in the rear outs, you hear music backwards (in forwards mode)
ok I hope i get this right, and this is for a STEREO tape, ill try a quad when i get one
Forward play
Front Left - Plays left channel
Front Right - Plays right channel
Rear left - plays left backwards
Rear right - plays right backwards
everything there is as expected
Reverse mode
Front left - nothing
Front right - PLays right corrently
Rear left - plays left channel correctly
Rear right - nothing
Hi, I am sure there is a more suitable part of the forum to ask this question but...here it goes:
In quad, how are tracks assigned on reel tape? I would venture to guess that tracks 1 and 3 are front left and right and 2 and 4 rear left and right. Is that so?
It is confusing because if this were 2CH, when the tape is flipped, track 4 would become track 1 and that would be left, not right. In other words in 2CH, left channel is always at the outer edge of the tape, whereas the two right channels are next to each other in the middle. There is no reason this should be followed in quad -- since the tape would not play properly if flipped -- but who knows...
I thought this would be easy to find on the web but, alas, no. I have been looking for hours. So I would really appreciate a response.
It is confusing because if this were 2CH, when the tape is flipped, track 4 would become track 1 and that would be left, not right. In other words in 2CH, left channel is always at the outer edge of the tape, whereas the two right channels are next to each other in the middle. There is no reason this should be followed in quad -- since the tape would not play properly if flipped -- but who knows...
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