Studer A80 / E-MU 0404 USB

That was the purchase of a professional studio tape recorder Studer A80, year of manufacture 1981, newly reconditioned and tuned, for 600 EUR and the semi-professional external sound card, E-MU USB 04040, for 170 EUR.

Leaving aside the difficulties in transportation (weight unit of 80 kg, fortunately, went partially disassembled), learn how to play the tape on the machine was relatively simple. The recorder includes perhaps the only two buttons that do not crease, and 1) editing scissors, which clip the tape, and 2) if you press Play and Record simultaneously, you will erase the tape, both can be avoided quite easily. Also, I was assured that this machine is impossible to destroy. After dozens of trials with "less" important composers and performers (Smetana, etc.), which I loaned to the destruction testing, I finally presume on the archival tape with film music.

For the inconsiderable assistance to fellow colegue KermitX (could be told that he did everything) and equally valuable advices from Mr. JS we managed to connect a tape recorder with a sound card and with a potentiometer to control the output voltage level of the tape.

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