---
title: "Azimuth Tuesday"
date: 2026-09-09T17:40:00+01:00
description: "Six hours, two engineers, one screwdriver, a 1982 Tascam 244."
dispatch: 310
categories: ["Tape Culture"]
tags: ["session-log", "cassette-culture"]
---

The heads on the 244 were out by enough that the top end fell off a cliff above 9 kHz. We aligned them by ear against a test tone and then, because we are who we are, by ear against a Cabaret Voltaire cassette. The tone won on paper. The cassette won in the room.

The drum fills came back with a ghost shimmer we could not explain and did not try to. It is on the record now. File under: recoveries.