Part 3 of the 8-track At Home review by Nobby Line

son of the Porta One four track cassette recorder. A fresh combatant at the low end of the multi-tracking market. Another Lewin thing.

Tomorrow's Technology Today

Paul White explains the basic principles of tape recorders to help you make better recordings.

Eamonn Percival assesses the atributes of Amstrad's multi-track recorder

Bamboozled by technical specs? David Mellor explains how to 'interpret' audio equipment specifications and also gives the lowdown on that little understood concept, Barkhausen noise.

Four-track Cassette Recorder

A new mid-price four-track machine from the people Tascam love to hate. Paul White finds it to be elegant, well designed, and startlingly good value.

Yamaha to the Fore: 4-Track Examined

Angel Recordings

Angel Recordings, Hull.

The 8-Track Challenge

The 8-track challenge: with the release of a new Tascam machine and the recent price cut on the Fostex E8, we thought it opportune to compare the two models. David Mellor adjudicates in the battle of the budget 8-tracks.

The latest scandal from the world of recording equipment.

The Four Track Future - Where To Start With Cassette-Based Recording

Four-track Fandango - Gary Cooper looks at all today's choices for cassette multitracking

Robert Cox

Soundcheck

The keystone of Japan's national sport comes under the oriental gaze of Martin Moody

Cutec Multirecorder

A very basic 4-track cassette multitracker for those who place sound quality above gadgets and frills.

A thorough study of the 'do's' and 'don'ts'.

Treetop Avenue Studio, Ipswich

Fostex 160 Multitracker

What can I say... it's black, it lights up... they've done it again — another winner.

Leader tape/tape storage tips.

Eight-track cassette recorder

The four-track cassette recorder revolutionised home recording and significantly changed the recording industry; will the eight-track cassette have a similar effect? Vic Lennard goes on record.

Dave Hastilow fishes around for some new angles on recording technique — in the field or at home. Or in the river.

Ashly have a fine reputation for good design and solid workmanship; this model should help them to keep it.

Reader Peter Forrest relates his delightful tales of woe.

The cassette 4-track is still the focal point of the home studio, and Marantz have produced a serious challenger to the familiar Portastudio. How does it measure up? How will musicians’ take to it? How does Nicholas Rowland do it?