If the sound is genuinely the same at all speeds then the tape deck
is not really switching speeds at all. If the chipmunk effect
changes in pitch at different speeds but is still too high pitched at
even the lowest speed of the deck it simply means that the tape was
recorded at a lower speed than the lowest available on your playback
deck. In the early days of home hifi tape recording it was not
uncommon to record at very low speeds such as 3 1/2 ips or even 1 3/4
ips to allow for uninterrupted recording of full classical concerts
but the noise performance at those low speeds was abysmal.
Is the music on these tapes something that is unavailable in modern media?
An update, I went out an bought a new RCA cable w/ Y-Adapter plugs. The
one I was loaned didn't seem to work at all. The problem now is, the
sound is like chipmunks. I checked the speed of the tape and, it doing
the same with all the speeds.
I am trying to figure out, what is causing the 'chipmunk' effect.
Christopher
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