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Released in 1976

Ampex ATR-100 Series Professional Audio Recorder

In the world of two track analogue mastering audio recorders, the Ampex ATR-100 Series recorders are regarded as the finest reel to reel audio mastering recorders ever made. The fact that they are still in use today, more than forty years later is surely testament to that.

Released in 1980

Mitsubishi X-80 Digital Recorder

The Mitsubishi X-80 Digital Recorder was a pioneering audio recorder that offered significant improvements in fidelity and accuracy over analog recording technologies upon its release in 1980.

Released in 1982

Tascam 244 Portastudio

The year was 1982, Tascam introduced the Tascam 244 Portastudio, and in doing so they managed to change the recording world forever, particularly for home musicians! This was a game changing moment for recording studios.

Released in 1983

Tascam 234 Syncaset Recorder

The Tascam 234 Syncaset 4-channel cassette deck was a groundbreaking audio recorder based on the Portastudio transport, that was introduced in 1983. It failed to achieve the wide acceptance of the all mighty Portastudio however.

Released in 1984

Fostex B-16 Multitrack Tape Recorder

Upon the release of the Fostex B-16 Multitrack Tape Recorder, it provided smaller project studios with a 16 track tape machine that offered performance and value for the very first time.

Released in 1985

Studer A721 Cassette Tape Recorder

The Studer A721 is a professional cassette recorder with superb audio performance, reliability, and convenient operating concept, including a four-motor tape transport mechanism and modular audio electronics with automatic record parameter calibration.

Released in 1987

Sony DTC-1000ES Digital Audio Tape Deck

The Sony DTC-1000ES Digital Audio Tape Deck was the world’s first DAT machine, and although it was a consumer machine, it proved to be very successful in the professional world too, perhaps even more so as DAT never really made it in the consumer world.

Released in 1987

Sony PCM-2500 Digital Recorder

The Sony PCM2500 DAT Recorder took over from the Sony PCM-1630 Series Recorders, and kept the DAT format alive for years to come in the studio, (with many successful albums having been mastered to it) but DAT as a format, failed to succeed in the domestic market.

Released in 1987

Akai MG14D 12 Track Recorder

One of the most unusual tape recorders released during the golden period of the 1980s, is without a doubt, the Akai MG14D, a tape based analogue recorder that offered excellent sound quality in a relatively compact chassis, released hot on the heels of a wave of digital multitrack recorders..

Released in 1988

Tascam 238 Syncaset Recorder

Tascam, in 1988, pulled off the impossible by releasing the Tascam 238 Syncaset and cramming 8 tracks onto a single cassette tape, and somehow they got it to work without compromising sound quality.

Released in 1989

Studer A827 24 Track Audio Recorder

The Studer A827 24 Track Multi-Track Recorder is quite possibly the finest 24 track analogue audio recorder ever made, and many are still in use today around the world.

Released in 1990

Sony MU-D100 Stereo Cassette Recorder

Released in 1990, the Sony MU-D100 recorder features a design aesthetic that matches the Sony MU-R201, while offering advanced editing capabilities and a highly durable mechanism for professional use.

Lexicon 960L Digital Effects System

Lexicon 960L - To satisfy these discriminating media professionals and to meet the new demands of today’s increasingly complex sound content, Lexicon introduces a new generation of digital audio signal processing technology with the new Lexicon 960L Multi-Channel Digital Effects System. Designed specifically for the professional audio, broadcasting, film, post-production and live sound markets, the 960L utilizes a bold new technology platform. it will redefine world-class reverberation with a totally new paradigm...

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