8 Track Tape Machine

The 8 track tape was used for almost 20 years and every major musical artist of the time released a tape version of each album during that era.

8 track tape machine. 1 16 of over 1 000 results for 8 track to cd converter cassette player cassette tape to mp3 cd converter via usb portable cassette tape converter captures mp3 audio music convert walkman tape cassette to mp3 format compatible with laptops mac and personal. Commonly called eight track cartridge eight track tape and eight track citation needed is a magnetic tape sound recording technology that was popular in the united states from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s when the compact cassette tape which predated 8 track surpassed it in popularity for pre recorded music. Comes aligned for atr tape at 15 30 ips. Despite ampex having created the first 8 track tape machines for les paul and atlantic records multitrack recording was taken up in a more limited way in the industry via 3 track recorders.

These proved extremely useful for popular music since they enabled backing music to be recorded on two tracks either to allow the overdubbing of separate. The upside of all of the fostex 8 track tape. There are still millions of recordings available on 8 track tapes. 4 1 out of 5 stars 29.

Fostex manufactured many multitrack machines and was one of the few companies that put out an 8 track multitrack machine on tape. This is the ultimate analog format. 8 tracks on 2 tape width each track is the same width as a track on a 1 2 2 track machine. New custom flux magnetic heads w small 9th track for timecode or audio.

5 5 product ratings vintage akai x1800sd reel to reel 8 track tape recorder built in speakers. Price may change due to availability. This format put home studio multitrack recording within a budget for every musician due to the low price of these machines. Having an 8 track player as a part of your audio equipment could open up a whole new world of collecting possibilities.

The only thing better than the way these machines run and sound is how supportive and available the mara machines staff has been to help me better understand the machines and implement them into my workflow.