Recording on a 1970s Tape Machine

Let s party like it s 1976 Magnetic tape started being used for sound recording in 1930 and was the dominant way audio was recorded for the majority of recording history. In this video we re exploring what the process was like in the 1970 s with this 2 inch, 16 track, reel to reel tape machine previously owned by country music star Merle Haggard. This is the first time I ve every recorded to tape. Outside of some small cassette recorders I had as a kid. Outside of that and the wax cylinder video we shot