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History of multitrack recording - Wikipedia
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Tonal Quality of the Portable Analog - Gearspace
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Boss BR8
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Doz' Blog: Wrecked Akai M-8 conversion to mono-block amplifiers.
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Akai Reel to Reel - Summary
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