How (not) to bulkerase a reel to reel tape

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From my experience years ago. First, note the maximum time eraser can be on as it can overheat. Then, turn it on far from any other tape and also tape decks. I would casually recommend five feet, the further the better. Once you approach tape with eraser keep it close and go slow and use the center of the eraser as the point you want to slowly cover the entire tape with you wish to erase. Flipping if you like keeping eraser close may insure maximum exposure. When finished within the time the eraser says is OK to operate slowly remove from the tape while eraser is still on. If the erasing unit is a decent one and you've been careful to cover the tape with it the tape should be silent. Residual noise should be that inherent in the tape formulation itself which is to say it should be as quiet as it is manufactured to be. I have seen different tape erasers vary quite a bit in their strength and effectiveness. Basically go slow and methodically cover all the tape using most of the maximum time the eraser can safely operate to with perhaps a small margin to insure no overheating. In practice when a tape deck records over already recorded tape it usually works well enough without having to use a bulk tape eraser though I know some folks always prefer to bulk erase. I enjoyed your video as it brought up a very typical result requiring multiple passes to insure full erasure.

well and in addition to that (even if some %% of content is still on tape) it will be erased during next recording

Great video! I have several 10.5" metal reels full of tape that I want to erase. Should I take one side of the metal reel off before I erase, or will it effectively erase it through the metal? Thank you!!!

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Thank you, really informative 👍🏽

Why would you want to erase a tape with Dire Straits music on it? 🤔

Can it eraser cassette?

omg, is that a Fiio DAC on the right side next to the headphones (which seems Beyerdynamic) ?

nice demonstration. You may want to power up the eraser a bit further away from the tape and make your revolutions around the reel a bit slower. One side of erasing should do the whole tape, no reason to flip tape over to do the other side unless you have 1 inch or 2 inch tape.

Very effective

Why not just connect something to the machine switch that unit off set levels to 0 and record a dead signal into the tape. On play back you will hear nothing

Sorry I commented before watching all this… it sounds logical if only you could buy them new. I have 10.5 reels

great video.....I happen to have the same Teac! Question: do you record in dbx mode?