Revox PR99 analogue tape machine plus how to splice tape and create mixes

Hi everybody hope you enjoy this episode as we look at the awesome Revox PR99 analogue reel to reel tape machine. We turn the clock back and show you how mixes were created before samplers by splicing tape.

Some Revox info released in 1984
The machine has a brushed aluminium fascia, which to my mind looks rather better than the plastic of the A and B series machines. Inputs and outputs are on the top (when standing in an upright position), which makes life easier than on the B77 where they are on the back and difficult to get at when in situ. The controls (which I will come to in a moment) are located in a wide band along the base of the front, with the VU meters and transport buttons to the right. For those of you lucky enough to have the money and space for a rack, flanges for rack mounting are built into either side of the body (and very pretty they look too).

On the base are calibration screws for setting up the recorder; not only are these very accessible (field adjustable is the term Revox use), but practically everything that matters can be calibrated to line up with your existing equipment, including not only the VUs themselves, but the peak indicator LEDs built into them. This is obviously useful, particularly in these days of 'professional' and 'home recording' equipment standards. The explicit instructions given with the PR99 enable any competent user to line up the machine himself, and to bias it for any particular brand of tape.

The Revox PR99 has a recommended selling price of £1437.50 inc. VAT. (1984)

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Love and peace Bangers and Chumley