If you want your custom-mix tapes to sound their best, you have to start by choosing good tapes. Match the tape you choose to both your tape deck and what you're recording.
Instructions
1. Check your tape deck's manual for the manufacturer's recommendations.
2. Buy "normal bias" Type I tapes for use with mini-recorders.
3. If you're playing tapes on a boom box, personal stereo or low-end car deck, buy Type I tapes unless the playback unit has a switch for "high bias" Type II tapes.
4. Choose "metal bias" Type IV tapes if playing tapes on a high-end cassette deck.
5. Check the Maximum Output Level (MOL) specification to compare tapes and brands within a type. Higher numbers are better.
6. Buy Type I tapes for recording speech.
7. Choose Type I tapes or lower-grade Type II tapes for dubbing from one cassette to another.
8. Buy Type II or Type IV tapes if recording live music on a deck.
9. Select higher-grade Type II or Type IV tapes for recording from LP or CD.
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