Heh, I do it all the time... you really shouldn't take what I say all that seriously! ;-D Narrr, I fugure, it promotes discussion which promotes answers which promotes further understanding. Coj Rauno Teravainen <lrdomus at earthlink.net> You might be right, especially if the heads are not perfectly aligned, the other track might be close enough for the head pick up the sound. As I said, I am just assuming (should not do that on a public forum ;-) Rauno. Brett Conlon wrote: >I always thought that the low sound heard on audio tapes during quiet bits >was the heads picking up what is on the reverse side of the tape. It often >sounded somewhat backwards to me. > >Coj