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Fostex ‘Personal’ Outboard Equipment of the 1980s
Download fourteen-pages of original product information regarding FOSTEX’ “Personal Multitrack” outboard-equipment line of the 1980s: DOWNLOAD: Fostex_Outboard_Gear_1986 Included in this download: “Echo Buss Vol II, Take 1,” a FOSTEX newsletter to pro-sumer users of the 80s. Plus 2-side product sheets … Continue reading
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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 ‘four-tracks’: DOWNLOAD: Fostex250 I’ve never used one of these machines personally. Anyone? The 250AV, btw, is the same as the … Continue reading
The Fostex A-8 multitrack tape machine
Download the original 2-page product sheet for the Fostex A-8LR tape machine. DOWNLOAD: FostexA8LR Billed as being “about the size of twenty albums stacked together,” the A-8LR differed from the more common A-8 by virtue of 8-track simultaneous recording (as … Continue reading
The Fostex B16 tape machine
Download fourteen pages of early-80s publications regarding the Fostex B16 1/2″ sixteen-track tape recorder. DOWNLOAD:FostexB16 You will find in the package: a complete pricelist; a lengthy ‘test report’ as published in ‘Modern Recording and Music’ Nov 1984; plus an original … Continue reading
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 the home-recording 80s. What does this mean? What is the sound of 4 tracks of noise reduction with no recorded … Continue reading
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Fostex RP Headphones 1977
Download a high-res scan of the four-page 1977 Fostex RP Headphones catalog: DOWNLOAD: FostexHeadphones1977 Models covered, with specs and photos, are: Fostex T50, T30, T20, and T10 headphones. On-the-go music-listening is more popular now than ever due to the convenience … Continue reading