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On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Kurt Glaser at KGB Studios.
Continuing on with these sessions on the 4-track reel-to-reel restoration process. We'll be
talking about the front part of this machine with all the different pieces so that you
understand basic functionality and what these controls are for.
So, lets go to the demo now of the basic functions. Obviously here we have the reels. Over here
is the left reel. Followed by the right reel.
This is the reel-to-reel tape, which follows this particular path here if you can follow
the tape. It goes up and around there. So it just wraps around this center hub here,
this darker piece, on the left hand side. So that's the reels.
Down here we have the basic functions. Which of course is fairly obvious. You have fast
forward, rewind, play, and record over here on the left hand side.
When you record you'll actually use these particular controls here to decide whether
you're going to be recording Mono, one track at a time, 2 tracks at a time, 3 or all 4
tracks at a time. And these guys here, these little red lights, little LED red lights will
light up. You'll see that when we actually record.
Over here of course you have power and pause and that functions really nice. One of the
reasons I bought this deck is because it has an instant pause, so you don't lose any tracking.
You can, what they do, punch in.
The other basic functions of course are these volume unit meters, the VU meters and you
might even be able to see them in this shot here.
Followed by the basic construction and the basic functionality of these playback controls
or your volume control.
That's the basic functions of this reel-to-reel recorder. The Dolcorder 7140. Join us again
next time where we will dive into the quarter track deck in a little bit more detail.
Till then this is Kurt at KGB Studios for Expert Village. See you soon.