Portastudio
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Portastudio refers to a series of multitrack recorders produced by TASCAM beginning in 1979 with the introduction of the TEAC 144, the first four-track compact cassette-based recorder. Although a TASC
Tascam Portastudio 244, 1982
Portastudio 424 MkII, c. 1996
Multitrack recording
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Multitrack recording, also known as multitracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at dif
The TASCAM 85 16B analog tape multitrack recorder can record 16 tracks of audio on 1-inch (2.54cm) magnetic tape. Professional analog units of 24 tracks on 2-inch tape were common, with specialty tape heads providing 8, or even 16 tracks on the same tape width (8 tracks for greater fidelity).
Scully 280 eight-track recorder at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Mixing desk with twenty inputs and eight outputs
The TEAC 2340, a popular early (1973) home multitrack recorder, four tracks on ¼ inch tape