Comments on: Fostex “Creative Sound Systems” 1981 full catalog https://www.preservationsound.com/fostex-creative-sound-systems-1981-full-catalog/ information and ideas about audio history Sat, 12 Jul 2014 21:39:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Rudisill https://www.preservationsound.com/fostex-creative-sound-systems-1981-full-catalog/#comment-254485 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 21:39:02 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7060#comment-254485 In reply to Phil.

PS – RE: Sgt Pepper’s … it was a pair of Studer J37 four-track machines running 1″ tape. Quite a difference from a TEAC (or even TASCAM) machine.

]]> By: Jeff Rudisill https://www.preservationsound.com/fostex-creative-sound-systems-1981-full-catalog/#comment-254484 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 21:27:26 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7060#comment-254484 In reply to Phil.

I added a Fostex B-16, synced to my 8-track Tascam in the mid-1980’s. Also acquired at a reasonable price. Used the Tascam for rhythm tracks, and the Fostex for leads and sweetening. Fun stuff, but after Pro Tools, I never looked back. Cleaning tracks on a multi-track analog machine was sheer torture.

]]> By: Phil https://www.preservationsound.com/fostex-creative-sound-systems-1981-full-catalog/#comment-250290 Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:04:32 +0000 http://www.preservationsound.com/?p=7060#comment-250290 In the mid-80s I recorded a bunch of stuff on a 350….what an advance from ping-ponging between two 4-track open reel decks (I had read about Sgt Pepper being recorded on a couple of TEAC 4 tracks and concluded the 70s trying to achieve the same kind of sonic excellence…..ha!), and thought I hit the jackpot the day a complete and new A8 system – – 8 track deck, board, and 2-track mastering deck – was offered to me for some bargain price as it was phased out in the later 80s. Tremendously versatile, somewhat noisy in use, more cumbersome than the 350, but the recordings were so much better. Sold everything to a guy in FL about a decade ago, I hope it’s still being used.

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