anyone know anything about this reel-to-reel

livecollective · Post by **livecollective** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:50 pm

I am looking at picking up a 1976 Dokorder 1120 reel to reel, to utilize for a make shift tape delay and to add some soft tape compression to some things... price is around 200 hundred, wondering if this is what I should be looking for. I understand the amount of effort it takes to keep one of these things running, is this a good model I should be looking at?

Model
1120
Year
1976

Track system
quarter-track stereo
Heads
three
Motors
three
Maximum reel size
10½"
Tape speeds
3¾ and 7½ ips
Frequency response ( 3dB)
30Hz - 22kHz at 7½ ips
Wow & flutter
0.06% at 7½ ips
Signal to noise ratio
60dB[/img]

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:12 pm

i'd be happy with that. you should be able to to the boards of canada vibrato effect, which is all i want a tape machine for.

livecollective · Post by **livecollective** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:41 pm

so how much do you think this thing is worth?

the guy is asking 200 american obo

damagedgoods · Post by **damagedgoods** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:51 am

You could prolly get an A77 for that, no? Don't know anything about this machine, but Revoxes are meant to be pretty reliable. I've got a 40-year-old B77 which is working fine apart from the time indicator.

Casanova808 · Post by **Casanova808** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:01 am

It is a consumer unit, it wasn't a pro audio unit when it was new.

Unless the thing is in immaculate condition and comes with a few take up reels, the price is a little high. I wouldn't pay that much for a consumer deck.

You might want to save a bit more and spend more on a pro deck that can be serviced. Revox decks were big in Europe and there is a decent sized legacy parts market. The problem with consumer decks is that the parts and service manuals are really hard to come by.

You are going to need a service manual and you are going to need to learn to do all repairs and maintenance yourself unless your parents are very wealthy. ;^)

Casanova808 · Post by **Casanova808** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:03 am

Also, you will need to buy a reference tape so that you can bias and align the tape heads. A reference tape in the US runs about $250, dunno about Europe.

databot · Post by **databot** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:07 pm

tone-def wrote:i'd be happy with that. you should be able to to the boards of canada vibrato effect, which is all i want a tape machine for.

isn't there a reaktor ensemble in the user library that does this?

found it: https://co.native-instruments.com/index ... tchid=5668

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:52 pm

databot wrote:
tone-def wrote:i'd be happy with that. you should be able to to the boards of canada vibrato effect, which is all i want a tape machine for.
isn't there a reaktor ensemble in the user library that does this?

found it: https://co.native-instruments.com/index ... tchid=5668

i needed the real thing.
any excuse to do stuff OTB.