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No, my error...when I saw "8-track" I thought of
the ubiquitous cartridges! There were a large number of
reel-to-reel
multitrack machines using standard 1/4" tape sold
under names like Fostex and Tascam...many would-be rock
stars had these, and I've used them
occasionally.
Steven C. Barr
Dear Don (and Steve as well),
The 8-track quarter-inch format
may have been more common here than America, as part of the "home music
recording" industry. Because this serves people composing music in their
bedrooms (on an overcrowded island!), customers either bought an 8-track
quarter-inch machine or a 4-track audiocassette machine, the latter often with
a built-in mixer to save even more space. I picked up my 8-track for
only 250 British pounds. I saw no need to get another, because even if a
track fails, you can still fudge things so that four remain
working.
Peter
Copeland
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