When the Portastudio was first introduced in New York at the AES show held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, it was hailed by Billboard magazine and Pro Sound News as being the most revolutionary audio product to hit the marketplace. Another individual who made a valuable contribution to the development of the Portastudio was an outside consultant by the name of d' Rossmini.Īt this time, TEAC was the only company in the world capable of making a record/erase head small enough to record and play back on 4 individual tracks of a standard audio cassette. Abe had a unique knack for motivating not only his core team, but also all those who worked with him in Japan and America. Abe's core engineering team in Japan were often referred to as "The Black Gang". Abe had a unique understanding for the way musicians thought, performed and orchestrated their music.
TEAC-UK product planner Andy Bereza and Dr. It allowed musicians the ability to record any number of instrumental and vocal parts on different tracks of the built-in 4 track recorder and later blend all the parts together while transferring them to another standard 2-channel stereo tape deck (remix and mixdown) to form a stereo recording. The 144 Portastudio was a revolutionary creative tool. Priced at only $1,100 suggested retail, the 144 brought unprecedented quality, economy and portability within the reach of every serious musician.
In 1979, TASCAM also unveiled the TEAC 144 Portastudio, the world's first 4 track recorder based on a standard cassette tape. Our MOMSR collection is available in a 7 hour video production divided by manufacturer and downloadable for $9.95 at this link We always invite input on corrections and updates. We include personal stories about the companies when they are provided to us. While we have strived to provide the best information available to us, there will be corrections and additions. Please note the source "credits' at the end of this page. Is a list of information we have gathered from a variety of sources on some of the major analog reel to reel tape recorder manufacturers.
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