i think someone (tascam?) is gonna put out a new 4 track tape recorder. a listing popped up on alibaba in the past day or 2 for new 4 track tape heads, which means someone is manufacturing 4 track tape heads for some reason. no other evidence for this but i can only think of one reason someone would be manufacturing 4 track tape heads in the year 2023. plus tascam started selling type 2 cassettes for 4 tracks a year or 2 ago. either way a very exciting development
afaict there are not any 4 track erase heads for sale. and those are the thing that stopped my 4 track recorder project dead in its tracks. the only way to get those as of right now is to get ones ripped from broken 4 track tape recorders (i think it would be a waste to get a broken recorder just to rip the erase head out so i ended up repairing an old one instead of building my own). so if those show up then theres really only one explanation
