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Practical Recording Techniques, 7th Edition
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Practical Recording Techniques, 7th Edition

by Bruce Bartlett, Jenny Bartlett
July 2016
Beginner to intermediate
538 pages
15h 31m
English
Routledge
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Appendix E Legacy Recording Devices

Some recording equipment has become almost obsolete, but you may need to work with it if a client brings older gear into your studio to transfer audio tracks. Some of these formats are listed here.

Analog tape recorder: This recorded 2 to 24 tracks of analog audio on reels of magnetic tape from 1/4 inch to 2 inches wide. Compared to digital recorders, analog recorders had more noise, distortion, frequency-response errors, and unstable pitch. Their electronics and tape heads needed frequent alignment. Still, many people loved the sound of them. Some had mic inputs; all had analog line inputs and line outputs.

Cassette recorder: This recorded 2 tracks of analog audio on small reels of 1/8”-wide magnetic tape ...

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