Mitsubishi X-850 digital 32-track reel to reel tape recorder

[kittyfanatic1980]

ill bet anything that that unit will get far superior quality sound than and cd player out there. nice find thx for sharing. id sooooooo kill for one of these:)

[blackoudate]

Hey propcycle - is that still up and running? I've got two reels of once-used Ampex 467 Digital Mastering Audio Tape that I'd gladly send and donate to you in exchange for dumping their current contents to .WAVs. Old band, lost record, long story. (You may be shocked to hear this, but those machines aren't so easy to find.) Thanks - jim.kamp@bfkpn.com

[DigitalRazor]

Ahhh ... ProDigi

[alexbleks]

is it possible to store data on it?

[dap714]

awesome machine, i could imagine the pain to setting it up and aligning it would be, i heard these old digital machines are cold sounding, i just stick to analog but i have respect for these old machines!

[BANGERS68]

we chucked two of these away..no one wanted them, and it was imposible to get the tape..shame

[spongah]

holy crap that thing is a beast!

[SHAWNLARGE]

where can i buy one of these??

[Mastercorder]

I love that machine but it needs maintenance bad even the deck hinges do and the transport need cleaning and lube to say the very least I would love to own the Otari DTR 800 these are great machines but that one needs a fair shake maintenance. ......

[gobblock]

how did you happen to run into this machine?

i mean you dont exactly see them at yard sales.

it has very similar consctruction techniques to electronics manufacturing modules, clearly not a consumer product

[mediamadman747]

1:46

Do you think, next time, we could see the cat?

[pvx]

I think that might of been the hinges on the transport squeaking as it was lifted up, if you don't mind me saying so. It does sound like a cat meowing, tho....

[cartestride]

What an awesome machine... God we need to go back to Analog!

[cartestride]

Sorry.. just realized this is the digital tape model

[coffeehigh420]

lol

this is a DIGITAL machine my friend. it appears analog to you because its using an open reel to reel digital tape-based system.

[pierrelebatteur]

WOOOOWW, it's very very very big TAPE RECORDING

[PosnocMedia]

...noob

[pmgodfrey]

OH MY GOD! Tons of circuit boards, connectors, parts.

It's an ENTIRE electronics store in one cabinet. That thing is awesome!

I can see why it cost so much and repairs had to run quite a bit too. How many of those units had to have their capacitors replaced...and how many caps did this thing have.

God, the schematics...holy shit. wow.

[gocy]

there is not one in all of france that works, which doesn't say much but just so you know these babies where a headache to fix... very complex shit. They just thru out like 5 of these in the garbage like a year ago in a couple of studio here in Paris and the people who used to fix them like died or something....

[QuiltedPine]

That is a freakin damn shame... throwing away a 200k+ machine. they were the apex of electro-mechanical audio devices. So awesome. I would have flown to France or wherever just to have a chance to wrok on these machines. I repair studio/audio gear.

Open-reel recorders are amazing pieces of technology. not crap like others say

[godzofguitar]

Hi, quilted pine just noticed your posting on the x850 you stated that you would love to work on one of these machines i have an x850 that came from a popular recording studio in nash. tn it has the upgraded apogee filters, the remote locator clip came loose from the connector when in operation i have tried reseting the transport card as stated in the manual but no go it will not in gauge transport must be a ps prob anyway if you might be interested in looking at this machine please reply . THX

[QuiltedPine]

Hi, well altough I didn't remember I said that , it's true I did! Anyway, I think I kinda put my foot in my mouth when I said that becuase it can be interpreted different ways. I meant I would have liked to play around/learn how to service those machines instead of them being thrown away. I do not have any experience working with these machines nor any other digital recorder. I am an electronics tech in Canada. Iyour best bet is to find someone around Nashville (there's got to be someone).

[gocy]

I have some old tapes that I would like to have transfered to whatever can somebody help me, I'm in france!!! help!

[JeanDArblay]

Michael Jackson's 'Bad' was made with one of these. I think.

[guimbadriver]

didi you see a lots of power transistors in the linear heatsink?

[Maxxarcade]

That's the coolest thing I've seen in a long time! Just how much are the tapes?

I love how everything is on separate plug in cards for easy service.

[Intersonus903]

Nice transport if it uses tension to provide the traction with the roller as opposed to using a pinch roller.

I can imagine how that would help to reduce wear and tear of the tape.

[uberpirox]

So satisfying listening to that machine hum away, could listen to it run all day

[t0dapo2nt]

I mixed my first single on one of these back in the day. They cost about $100K. I just saw on on craigs list for $500.00

[loradora132]

It's like Space Odyssey 2000. Watching this makes me want to throw out my digital recording studio styyraight to the rubbish bin.

[fertub26]

great machine, but without audio... :(

[propcycle]

It wasn't near a console when the video was shot, which these multitrack digital machines require for recording... and playing back 2 channels of what was on that tape would not have been interesting :)

[grumpybb]

What a sexy piece of machinery! What resolution does that record at?

[wado1942]

I believe it's 16-bit linear 44.1KHz.

[NAVELKILLER]

that is some awesome piece of recording gear "wow"