The PCM-3348 is a 48-channel digital audio multitrack recorder based on the DASH double-density format for half-inch tape, and the first audio recorder to achieve such a large channel number and track density. In order to produce this machine on an industrial basis, a number of new technologies have been mobilized. These technical advances as well as their actual effect on recorder implementation will now be described.

Authors: Urayama, Kenichi; Ishiwata, Kouji; Shirako, Yukio; Kawachi, Hideo; Kondo, Toshiharu
Affiliation: Sony Corporation, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
AES Convention: 85 (November 1988) Paper Number: 2736
Publication Date: November 1, 1988
Subject: Recording

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