![]() This will be apparent by playback slowing down or even not working at all it will not affect rewind and fast-forward. The only issue I ever had was the capstan belt was too worn. By putting all the major controls and functions. In the time I owned this machine I was very happy with it. If you can operate a tape recorder, youll be recording and multitracking within minutes of opening the box. It could also be used for slap tape delay in conjunction with another recorder. This is especially useful during mixdown because what you're hearing is literally what you're going to get as an end result. Equipped with built-in Dolby C Noise Reduction, the R8 is capable of professional quality sound with almost no hiss. This machine features three heads (erase, record, and play) meaning that the user can monitor from the tape a split second after a recording is being made. This means that there are no memory points, no real return to zero facilities, and no way to really do any editing of the tape. The recording quality is pretty good, but this machine is entirely mechanical, unlike it's big brother the 32. It does have two mic pre-amps on each of its two channels via 1/4" inputs, so it could be used for location recording without a mixer, although there is no onboard EQ or speaker, just a stereo headphone out via a 1/4" jack and RCA outs. The R8 was probably the most sophisticated 8 track R2R ever produced. I say that to say there probably isnt much relationship between the two. The 80 is a little workhorse of a machine and is intended for mixdown. 7th February 2012 2 thrustman Registered User 10 years There is about 12 years of innovations and the Model 80 and E8 between the A8 and the R8. Although slightly underbiased for this, using this tape will produce more high end. ![]() Since Quantegy no longer produces tape, it can use RMGI (Emtec) LPR 35, which is the equivalent of Quantegy 457, a +6 tape. It can be run at 7.5 or 15 ips and was designed to record on 1 mm thick, +3 tape such as Quantegy 407. This means it will have the same amount of track width as a 2" 16 track recorder. The Fostex Model 80 is a two track reel to reel recorder than prints to 1/4" tape on 7" (or smaller) reels in one direction.
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