the 4-track

The Concept of Home Studio Carried To Its Logical Conclusion

Bathroom Studio Kitchen Studio Yamaha home-studio adverts circa 1989.  Click on the images to expand.

12 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…

13 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

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

The Fostex 250 and 250AV cassette four-track machine

Fostex week continues at PS dot com. Download five pages of original FOSTEX product information on the 250 and 250AV…

14 years ago

What’s a Fostex?

Download the 4pp circa 1984 Fostex Full Line (condensed) catalog: DOWNLOAD: Fostex1984 Fostex was the yin to Tascam's yang in…

14 years ago