#Fostex 8 track tape recorder pro#
By the end of the 60's, the pro musician had become dependent on multitrack and the Teac A3340 (originally made in Japan, but sold in America with Simul-Sync) established itself as a hi-fi machine for the demo studio - starting a new industry that enabled more musicians and songwriters to work independently. More equipment became available and studios using the new technology profited. Pepper album marked a major milestone during a time when recording began to develop rapidly. In retrospect, the introduction of the first multitrack machine came in the 1940's and the next 20 years were limited to mainly 4 and 8-track recording for professional studios. The A-8 Recorder/Reproducer represents a significant development that is likely to affect the recording industry in general. Ancillary units include digital delay, graphic equaliser and 4-channel Dolby C noise reduction unit. All are styled in the Fostex smart presentation. In addition, there is the 250 "Multitracker" 4-channel cassette recorder/mixer (reviewed in December) and the 350 recording mixer (8x4x2).
The current A-series range of recording equipment includes the A-2 3-head 2-track, A-4 3-head 4-track (both with 7½/15in/s and varispeed) as well as the A-8 2-head 8-track 15in/s featured in this review. Fostex joins the number of Japanese companies that are prominent in the recording field, including Teac/Tascam, Otari and Sony. Yoshiharu Abe, formerly a director and chief audio engineer at Teac/Tascam, is now managing director of the Fostex team. Even so, since its emergence at the Los Angeles AES convention in early May, news had begun to filter across of the impressive line of lightweight, "affordable" pro quality open reel recorder/reproducers, mixers and other "creative sound" instruments for musicians.įostex is a relatively small division owned by Foster Electric Co Ltd of Japan, supplying a large range of electro-acoustic components from speakers to microphones, to major manufacturers such as Sony and Phillips. Until some months ago, Fostex was virtually unknown in the U.K.
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