24-Track Attack!

Yazoo for forty quid

Budget 24-Track

Leading new wave synthesist Ian Boddy explains the way he uses 'track sheets' when undertaking a recording.

Which nutty boy is a home recording fanatic?

A rundown on the various 'head' formats available on tape recorders and the reasons for their existence.

Home recording goes modular.

Have you always wanted a 24-track studio but could never afford the gear? Well now, maybe you can. David Mellor looks at a package of equipment that offers 24 tape tracks at a budget price.

to 8-track, what's involved

Paul White (again) on the latest Cambridgeshire black box - this one syncs drum machines and sequencers to tape.

The 60's R&B producer talks to us about those classic takes, and how he got them

It's more than a Portastudio; 8-track reel-to-reel and mixing facilities all in one unit - the Tascam 388.

In these space-conscious times, Fostex have developed a diminutive new 8-track tape recorder you can store out of sight and control fully from its detachable front panel remote control/autolocator. David Mellor takes it for a spin...

Studio Test

The Teczon four-track cassette system fleczes its muscle and veczes Jim Betteridge

Tascam Porta One 4-track

what he said

Four Track Cassettes

A survey of all the popular machines including TEAC, Fostex, RSD, Clarion, Yamaha and Cutec

a round-up from Aria, Clarion, Fostex, TASCAM and Yamaha. guides to nine popular cassette, four-track recorders

User Report

Eight Track Tape Recorder

Recording: Portastudio

CASSETTE LOAD: latest TEAC tape deck/four track/DBX noise reduction/review... READ

8 Track Recorder/Reproducer

Eight-track cassette recorder

When the first Portastudio was launched, it caused a revolution in the recording industry - now you can put eight tracks on the same tape. Vic Lennard punches in.

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