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Guest Spot: The Tascam 134 “Pro” Cassette 4-track machine c. 1990

Hey y'all:  the cassette-tape experimentation series continues with a new piece created on the amazing Tascam 134 machine. I've written…

8 years ago

Ultimate Home Recording Machines of the 80’s

Today: just a few of the 'Uber' home-recording machines available to musicians in the 1980s.  To this list I would…

11 years ago

New Video: “The 4-Track In 2013” : featuring John Panos, aka KINGS

I am v v pleased to announce that PSV #004 is now online.  "The 4-track in 2013" looks at the…

11 years ago

Home Recording Is Killing Low-End Pro Studios (1989)

"Home Studios are one of the fastest-growing segments of the music equipment industry.  The availability of (fill in the blank)…

11 years ago

Tascam 144 4-Track c.1979: Original Catalog

Download the original 6pp brochure/catalog for the Tascam 144, the first '4-track' 'porta-studio': DOWNLOAD: Tascam_144_Catalog I'm a little embarrassed to…

11 years ago

The Introduction Of The 4-Track

1979.  Teac/TASCAM introduces the 144 Porta-Studio, the first four-track integrated tape machine/mixer.  The first 4-track.  A truly revolutionary product for…

12 years ago

Out-of-print Book Report: “Making 4-Track Music,” John Peel (TRACK pub., 1987)

Download a seven-page scan of some interesting hardware on offer in "Making 4-Track Music," Track Publishing 1987: DOWNLOAD: 4trackMusic_JohnPeel Includes…

13 years ago

The Tascam Series 40 tape machines of the 1980s

Download the complete twelve-page Tascam Series 40 catalog, c. 1984: DOWNLOAD: Tascam40series1984 Products covered, with extensive text, specs, and photos,…

13 years ago

Musician Magazine 1976 -1999

What if I told you that there was a music magazine which featured writers including rock-lit luminaries Lester Bangs and…

14 years ago

Hallelujah

In recognition of the coming holiday: a solo gospel-blues arrangement of one of the greatest spiritual songs ever written.  Happy…

14 years ago