"Stuart Gray" <srtgray@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Can anyone recommend a good 8-track analogue tape recorder? I am keen
> to teach some of our pupils the basics of recording, and I'd like to do
> it "properly" as it were. I don't need a unit with built in mixer (got
> one of those), and I will be also taking digital recordings on my RH1
> (back on topic!) from the digital out on the desk, to form a comparison.
> I have a snipe on a Fostex R8, but want to know if there are better
> ones out there. I'm hoping that with all the new digital media stuff
> available, basic "old time" recorders will be affordable.
>
> TIA,
> Stuart
>
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I'd say in general to avoid the 1/4" 8-tracks made by Fostex and Tascam,
because of tinny sound, crosstalk, bad S/N ratios, and generally flimsy
build quaility. Otari made some of the most highly regarded 1/2" 8-tracks
out there, but if you really wanted to go all out, there were several
varieties of 1" machines, by companies like Studer, Ampex, MCI, and again
Otari.
-Neb
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