REWIRE YOURSELF
“We’ve created this machine for musicians so they can make eight-track recordings at home,” explains Arne Berg, one of the engineers at Fostex Corporation, as he gives me the run-down on the Fostex A-B, a $2500 tape recorder that has been proclaimed a revolutionary step forward in the recording business.
REWIRE YOURSELF
MAKING YOUR OWN MUSIC
Richard Robinson
“We’ve created this machine for musicians so they can make eight-track recordings at home,” explains Arne Berg, one of the engineers at Fostex Corporation, as he gives me the run-down on the Fostex A-B, a $2500 tape recorder that has been proclaimed a revolutionary step forward in the recording business.
Until the Fostex A-8 started showing up in music and selected hi-fi stores this month there wasn’t a comparable machine at a comparable price that allowed musicians to literally record an album in their basement or garage with all the technical facilities usually associated with $200-an-hour recording studios. There have been attempts to create recording machines that would allow the amateur or professional musician an economic and flexible method of recording, but none of them have had all the advantages of the Fostex A-8.