Tape Head Azimuth: O'scope Assisted- Part 1

Using an O'scope is really one of the best ways to check the azimuth of a tape head. Here you can see the scope's view of signals that are in phase and properly aligned. Small fluctuations are evident due to tape imperfections and machine speed deviations such as wow & flutter. Once a tape deck gets aligned properly, tapes made on the machine are fairly certain to play back well on other machines.