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Fostex B-16 recorder. From 1981, Fostex and TASCAM pioneered affordable multitrack recording equipment producing the A-2 and the A-4 reel-to-reel recorders; the A-8 was the first eight-track recorder that used affordable ¼ inch tape, becoming a popular choice in the freelance and home recording field.
AMPEX 440 (two-track, four-track) and 16-track MM1000 Scully 280 eight-track recorder using 1 inch (25 mm) tape at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. Multitrack recording of sound is the process in which sound and other electro-acoustic signals are captured on a recording medium such as magnetic tape, which is divided into two or more audio tracks that run parallel with each other.
The 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8; commonly called eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, and eight-track) is a magnetic-tape sound recording technology that was popular [2] from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when the compact cassette, which pre-dated the 8-track system, surpassed it in popularity for pre-recorded music. [3] [4] [5]
The TEAC 2340, a popular early (1973) home multitrack recorder, four tracks on ¼ inch tape Korg D888 eight-track digital recorder. Multitrack recording also allows any recording artist to record multiple takes of any given section of their performance, allowing them to refine their performance to virtual perfection by making additional takes ...
8-track or eight-track may refer to: 8-track cartridge, an analog magnetic tape format used for consumer audio distribution from the late 1960s to the early 1980s; 8-track, an eight-track reel-to-reel magnetic tape format used for multitrack recording in professional recording studios; 8tracks, an online site for user-generated mixtapes
488 mkii - 1995, 8 track cassette recorder [19] 388 Studio - 1985 World's first eight-track 1/4" multitrack and mixer combination. 564 - 1997 First MiniDisc -based digital Portastudio.
The introduction of multi-track recording changed the recording process into one that generally involves three stages: recording, overdubbing, and mixing. [6] Modern mixing emerged with the introduction of commercial multi-track tape machines, most notably when 8-track recorders were introduced during the 1960s. The ability to record sounds ...
The result was the 3M Digital Audio Mastering System, which consisted of a 32-track deck (16-bit, 50 kHz audio) running 1-inch tape and a 4-track, 1/2-inch mastering recorder. 3M's 32-track recorder was priced at $115,000 in 1978 (equivalent to $537,000 in 2023).