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On the right a sound synthesizer, on the left a Studer C37 vacuum tube reel-to-reel tape recorder. Studer is a designer and manufacturer of professional audio equipment for recording studios and broadcasters. The company was founded in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1948 by Willi Studer. It initially became known in the 1950s for its professional ...
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.
A reel-to-reel tape recorder (Sony TC-630), typical of a 1970s audiophile device. Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels. To prepare for use, the supply reel (or feed reel) containing the tape is placed on a spindle or hub.
Revox was adopted as the brand name for amateur recorders, while the professional machines retained the Studer name. [1] The first Revox-branded tape recorder was the T26, in 1952, successor to the Dynavox 100. The T26 was also made available as a radio-recorder combination unit. 2500 T26 recorders were made, priced at 1395.00 Swiss francs. [1]
Mixing desk with twenty inputs and eight outputs. Multitracking can be achieved with analogue recording, tape-based equipment (from simple, late-1970s cassette-based four-track Portastudios, to eight-track cassette machines, to 2" reel-to-reel 24-track machines), digital equipment that relies on tape storage of recorded digital data (such as ADAT eight-track machines) and hard disk-based ...
The Digital Audio Stationary Head or DASH standard is a reel-to-reel, digital audio tape format introduced by Sony in early 1982 for high-quality multitrack studio recording and mastering, as an alternative to analog recording methods. DASH is capable of recording two channels of audio on a quarter-inch tape, and 24 or 48 tracks on -inch-wide ...
A reel-to-reel tape recorder from Akai, c. 1978. An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present-day form, it records a fluctuating signal by moving the ...
A cartridge format for embedding and easy handling usual 3-inch-tape-reels with 1 ⁄ 4 inch tape, compatible to reel-to-reel audio recording in 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 ips. 1965 8-Track (Stereo-8) The inside of an 8-track cartridge Analog, 1 ⁄ 4 inch wide tape, 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in/s, endless-loop cartridge DC-International cassette system DC-International ...