Otari

The Otari MTR-90 is a professional-grade multitrack analogue recorder renowned for its reliability, precise tape handling, and user-friendly operation. Available in 8-, 16-, and 24-track formats, it featured servo-controlled transport, modular electronics, and intuitive remote control. Later MkII and MkIII revisions added microprocessor control, advanced varispeed, and improved serviceability, cementing the MTR-90’s status as a studio workhorse trusted worldwide.

The Otari DTR-900 (Model II shown here) is a high-end 32-track digital multitrack recorder using the PD format, offering advanced tape handling, precise sync capabilities, and superior audio fidelity for mastering and post-production applications.

Otari didn’t just re-package an existing consumer recorder when it came time to build the Otari DTR-90 professional DAT machine. Instead, they applied the same formula as they have to all our professional audio products: They asked audio professionals what features they wanted. The result is a truly professional R-DAT that is destined to become the standard of the industry.

Otari proudly introduced a new R-DAT recorder in 1995, the Otari DTR-8. The Otari DTR-8 follows the concept of the familiar DTR-7, but with greatly enhanced capabilities.

The Otari MX-5050BIII has long been the standard in 1/4″ two-track analogue recorders. It features an optimised three-head design and transformerless balanced inputs and outputs to provide superior frequency response, low distortion and high signal-to-noise performance under the most demanding conditions.

The Otari PD-20 is a high-quality, versatile 2-channel recorder and editor with extensive synchronisation, editing, and playback features, designed to replace traditional tape-based recorders in modern studios and broadcast environments.