How to connect a vintage Uher reel to reel to your gear. Understand and even build your own adapters

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This week is Tech Shop, Tech Talk, err something like that...
I love my Uher 4000 Report Monitor but its connectors are a bit strange for the typical home recordist in 2021. We are used to 1/4", XLR and 3.5mm plugs and jacks.
Come with me as I struggle through poor German pronunciations, confusing terminology and my own lack of focus as I solve the problem of hooking up an OP-1 (for example) to my Uher 4000 Report Monitor. Ideally you will learn how to think through not just this problem but similar ones for gear you might get your hands on. And specifically you could use this as a recipe for how to hook up your own Uher with similar or same connectors!
You can find the box I used here:
prospeakerparts.com/collectio...
The only other parts are 2 TRS jacks and 1 MIDI jack. Both need to be D-series style to mount to the box.
Thanks for watching, and as always, if you like what you see please subscribe here and on Bandcamp where I release all my music.
Bye!
00:00 Tech Shop Talk Talk
01:15 The problem
03:37 Will this save me money?
04:06 Why Jason likes the box
04:35 Other options
06:08 Start by looking at the manual
08:49 Identifying the correct pins for DIN-5
10:37 Getting out the parts
12:37 TS vs TRS interlude
14:04 Let the great experiment begin!!!
16:47 Was it worth it?
18:49 Tech Shop Talk!!!

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@SimpsonSound 2 года назад

I have the 4200. It’s the stereo version. What’s really cool about these is that they’re not only great for recording live shows (or anything that you want to have the tape sound) but, they’re great to use for tape delay. Especially, being that the UHER 4000 (mono), 4200 (2 track two channel stereo) & 4400 (4 track two channel stereo) all have four speeds. You can get the cleaner delays using the 7 1/2 ips & 3 3/4 ips speeds & the really dirty delays using the 1 7/8 ips & 15/16 ips speeds.

@SycamoreWillow 2 года назад

Hey thanks for checking out the video! I have yet to try my Uher as a tape delay. Thanks for the suggestion!

@timmotion6494 Год назад

I have the 4000 Report. It would be good to connect to modern...!

@SycamoreWillow Год назад

If you get stuck I'm happy to help! DM me over on insta or on the Hainbach subreddit.

@utrlimited2323 2 года назад

Timely and helpful. Can't believe how recent you made this. Thanks a ton :)

@SycamoreWillow 2 года назад

Ha ha ha thanks! From all the subreddits I read I get this question a lot. Thought it might make sense to make a video.

@visualguerillaFILMs Год назад

Bought a UHER Report 6000 ordered some DIN-cables on Amazon and everyhting works well. AND its fun to use as a tape delay.

@SycamoreWillow Год назад

Hell yeah! Have some fun

@visualguerillaFILMs 9 месяцев назад

@@SycamoreWillow Thanks! So far i was able to upload my first try BUT it will get more experimental in the future :)

@OsborneMcclintic 2 года назад

you are awesome!!! thank you so much for the important info!!!

@SycamoreWillow 2 года назад

I am so flattered you liked this! Thanks to you as well.

@bleeooptv 2 года назад

oh thanks for this, was actually looking for exactly this video!

@SycamoreWillow 2 года назад

I'm taking requests! But seriously I'm glad it was useful to you and thank you for watching

@bleeooptv 2 года назад

@@SycamoreWillow I really like your solution with the box adapter, seems very sturdy as well as looking nice. Where did you get the empty enclosure?

@SycamoreWillow 2 года назад

@@bleeooptv I just searched for them on reverb. There's a seller in the United States that makes them but maybe you can find someone in Europe that makes something similar too to save money on shipping

@SophyWongMakes 7 месяцев назад

Amazing! Thanks for this awesome explanation of your box! I just got one of these recorders and I definitely want to build my own version! Just curious about your 2 TRS inputs. I see the port on the recorder is both input and output, did you connect one TRS connector to an input pin, and the other to an output pin on the DIN5?

@SophyWongMakes 7 месяцев назад

Ahh! I just found your other video, which answered my question :) Thanks! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MvG_OXS-qVw.htmlsi=ahUaL9F-XtI0KyqQ

@SycamoreWillow 7 месяцев назад

OH hahaha, nice! Apologies I didn't have time to respond to you sooner and more personally. As you mess with the machine please feel free to comment more here or find me on the the /Hainbach subreddit where I'm one of the mods. We have a lot of great tape and test equipment nerds there.

@FabianFalconett Год назад

Thanks for this video. Can you share where you got the parts to make the adapter box - mainly the box itself. Not seeing anything in the description and minimal luck searching. Thanks!

@SycamoreWillow Год назад

Hi Fabian, I'll drop a link in the description to where I got the box. Be warned that they often are out of stock on this box. Also, if you need to learn more or just want to chat about stuff, you can find me on the Hainbach subreddit. I'm u/jasongonzales23

@FabianFalconett Год назад

@@SycamoreWillow Thanks! I was able to find the box on reverb. Getting ready to go down this rabbit hole. (my NOS UHER just got delivered today.) Will definitely look you up on Hainbach's subreddit.

@SycamoreWillow Год назад

@@FabianFalconettawesome, happy to help

@waltmodul7948 2 года назад

The adapter is not so bad. ! You make connections in one go. And the adapter cinch to 6.3 female is cheap too ! DIN Adapter to stereo in and out for 6€ easy at amazinien and four cinch to 6.3 mm female you can find for less than 1€ a pice . I gave mine a taktile and beautifully tape wrappe .so the are fixed together . Because I don’t like cinch in the studio. Uher Report stereo IC 4200 the most beautiful one

@SycamoreWillow 2 года назад

Thanks for adding to the options! I personally won't buy things on Amazon if I can support a local or independently owned business, that is another factor for me. But as far as solving the connection problem your solutions look great as well. Thanks!

@mrobinson8190 Год назад

This is awesome man!!! If i pay you, would you build me one? If not i understand, but that would be really cool

@SycamoreWillow Год назад

Sure thing, let's chat! Head over to Reddit and message me. I'm a moderator on /r/Hainbach and my handle is jasongonzales23

@laverne506 Год назад

I have a Akai4000d reel to record er and a yamaha Digital mixer 10xu and 6i6 interface do you no how to hook Thanks

@SycamoreWillow Год назад

In your case it's almost certainly just a matter of getting 4 RCA-to-TS cables. Two going into the recorder and two going out. So connecting instruments to the reel-to-reel recorder you'll only want to connect the line inputs and outputs of the reel-to-reel to your interface. I'm not familiar with your interface so I can't really give you any advice on that. But in general if you can get signal routed to the lineouts of your interface you'll be able to record to tape. If you connect the line out from your recorder to line inputs on your interface you'll be able to record the output from tape to your daw. Hope that helps let me know how it goes!

@shuno_music 2 года назад

Hey, I’m having this issue with my Uher Monitor Report 6000, but it doesn’t use DIN-5… of the 7 connection points on it, it uses 6 different connectors.. some have the same number of pins but arranged slightly differently.. it’s extremely confusing to me. Also, I’ve only been able to find user manuals in German so I can’t even RTFM my way through it…

@SycamoreWillow 2 года назад

Hey there I'll see how I can help. I suggest you find me on Reddit as jasongonzales23. You can DM me there or post something to the Hainbach subreddit and maybe the hive mind can help as well

@shuno_music 2 года назад

@@SycamoreWillow awesome, that’s actually how I found this video. Thank you, I’ll definitely do that.

@SycamoreWillow 2 года назад

That's really funny but yes seriously send me some close-up photos of all the jacks on your device over on Reddit and I will totally help you out

@visualguerillaFILMs Год назад

i'm using DIN5 cables with my UHER 6000 and its works fine BUT make sure they are pluged in correctly.

@Paolo_Pino 2 года назад

🙌😉

@Paolo_Pino 2 года назад

So you're not only a great musician and a great person, you also know many technical things! Thanks a lot for your work ✨

@cristobalgarciabelmont2616 2 года назад

hiii!!! where did you get the box? I love the idea of the box!

@SycamoreWillow 2 года назад

I just searched on Reverb for project box with "D" punches for the holes. The "D" punch is a standard for panel mounted jacks for pro audio. I like an company called Redco in the USA for jacks and cables.