@@objectsinspaceman On a couple of the 4 tracks at least, everything's fine when monitoring, but listening to the recording itself, the volume is very low. Even after more cleaning, trying different tapes.
@@darthzoidberg The issue is likely with the playback bias settings. There are little screws inside that adjust these settings. If you can track down a PDF of the Service manual it will tell you which ones do what. Tetrakan has a good vid about opening up the machine.
@@objectsinspaceman That Tetrakan video looks amazing, I'll check that out, thanks, I really need to fix that because recording on the remaining 2 tracks isn't that fun!
Very nice tutorial. This machine is a bit unintuitive but very nice when you know how it works. I previously had a Tascam -more intuitive but build quality is much higher on the Yamaha MT120 👍
Sound on mine was getting really weird. I've opened the unit up to deep clean, which did some good. But now I'm having a hell of a bad time putting back together again!
I still have this same machine... My first multitacker in 1991. MD8 is my current favourite, I use a Boss BR 600 on the road, and have a Roland 880EX which is a pain to use. Analogue board while playing is easiest to use so the MD8 fits that bill nicely... The MT120, still a great machine for scratch recording.... Good explanation on bouncing sir! A need to know using the 4 track...
@@darthzoidberg On the MT120 no problems with the levels... Funny but my transport motor just died on the mT120. I have not decided whether or not to repair it, or junk it. I have a lot of original music on the tapes recorded over 20 years not yet digitized . Trying to decide whether or not to let the technology go.
@@darthzoidberg yeah its actually dead capacitors in the mix board. really strange that it's every channel. My guess is someone blew a channel and kept trying the others. Thanks for the reply.
Don'T you love easily impressed people in the comment section, acting as if this unfocused half-assed video is the best thing they ever watched... **slow clap**
