Amstrad Advert c. 1985

Amstrad home studio/hi-fi. An awesome rap on this boasting its mixing credentials. The only part I remember was the exploding hi-fi but in reverse! How did they do that?

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• Amstrad
• hi-fi
• 1985
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[Jerraph]

Amazing - I never knew such a thing existed! I would have LOVED that when I was a kid in the '80s.

I'll stick to my Cubase and synths now though... a bit more versatile... :)

[dmt2]

I always wanted a set of octagonal drums and a piano guitar

[Mollweidekadet]

I remember the ad, but what year was it 1985ish?

[dmt2]

Yup, it was 1985. Only 23 years ago...

[NoveltyMop]

I couldn't care less that it's a piece of junk

I

want

that

setup

[MustNotRead]

wow, i had one of these. :)

it certainly impressed my friends, but but back then i never really knew what i was supposed to do with all those channel sliders! :)

[71DeadCenter]

the 4 track worked - in principle - but it fell well short of the standards expected in dedicated machines by the likes of Tascam and Yamaha. good memories, though.

[dilwich123]

I bought mine from Kwik Save in Holyhead in 1988.

[mickyboy321]

i have just got one of these off ebay for £10.50 allways wanted one back in the days.lol

[danielearwicker]

I was given one of these in 1989, when they'd dropped massively in price and were stacked up in a shop window in town, desperate to get rid of them. It was shoddy, but I practically lived in it until about 1995, recording extremely hissy layered guitar/bass/drum ideas. It only had to be repaired once, in 1992 (funny how many people mention a period of 3 years before it broke down).

[matt9741399]

I had one of these, a Yamaha PSS-580 and a DD-10. What a setup! Oh for the good old days.

[triumphadelic]

..I might add that I HATE Amstrad & Alan Sugar BUT I have fond memories of Anthony over the moon with this in his squat in Kentish Town , even though we would take the piss but he would be able to play his LP's, listen to rave pirate radio , record 4 track AND then master onto the built in 2nd 2 track cassette... and if I see one of these for sale I will buy it just for sentimental reasons... but they must be rare because I never come across any in Cash Convertors and only rarely on ebay..

[triumphadelic]

a friend had one of these in late 80's and I still have 3 demo tracks he made on it and it sounds as good as a normal speed Tascam or Fostex portastudio, if i find the tracks I will upload .. his music was like a cross between Big Black & Joy Division , ie drum machine, dist guitars & angst vox

[Maurizio95ify]

bellissimo lo tengo :)

[brigha1234]

@jfjf2007 Don't suppose you will sell the manual seperately?