The Alesis ADAT digital multi-track tape recorder is an iconic piece of early 1990s audio recording equipment. ADATs used consumer S-VHS video tape to record up to 8 tracks of digital audio. They were modular, meaning that each machine could be synched with up to 15 other ADAT machines. It was therefore possible, in theory, to… Continue reading ADAT digital multi-track recorders
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Early digital tape recordings on PCM/ U-matic and Betamax video tape
We are now used to living in a born-digital environment, but the transition from analogue to digital technologies did not happen overnight. In the late 1970s, early digital audio recordings were made possible by a hybrid analogue/digital system. It was composed by the humble transport and recording mechanisms of the video tape machine, and a… Continue reading Early digital tape recordings on PCM/ U-matic and Betamax video tape