Recorder-player, tape

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OBJECT TYPE: 2 TRACK/DIGITAL/REEL-TO-REEL/STATIONARY HEAD
DATE: 1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0163.001

MANUFACTURER: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP.
MODEL: X-86
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: 5168101
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL BODY & WORKING PARTS; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, LIGHTS, PARTS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 64.0 cm
Width: 67.5 cm
Height: 107.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: MITSUBISHI
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1987+
Canada: THIS TYPE OF DIGITAL TAPE RECORDER WAS USED IN CANADIAN RECORDING STUDIOS IN LATE 1980S & 1990S. ALTHOUGH INITIALLY POPULAR, TWO-TRACK RECORDERS LIKE X-86 WERE QUICKLY RENDERED OBSOLETE WITH INTRODUCTION IN 1987 OF SMALL & RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE MACHINES THAT RECORDED ONTO COMPACT CASSETTE.
Function: USED TO DIGITALLY ENCODE AUDIO SIGNAL ON MAGNETIC TAPE; DECODE & REPRODUCE ORIGINAL SIGNAL. IT WAS USED TO CREATE STEREO MASTER TAPE BY RE-RECORDING FROM MULTI-TRACK TAPE RECORDER OR HARD DISK DIGITAL RECORDER/EDITOR. MASTER TAPE WOULD THEN BE USED IN MFG. OF CD. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY DONOR AS DEMONSTRATION MODEL.
Technical: IN 1970S, TWO TYPES OF DIGITAL RECORDING WERE DEVELOPED, ONE COUPLING ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTER TO STANDARD VIDEO TAPE RECORDER, OTHER WAS DIGITAL TAPE RECORDER IN CONVENTIONAL REEL-TO-REEL STATIONARY HEAD FORMAT. X-86 IS EXAMPLE OF TWO-TRACK STATIONARY HEAD REEL-TO-REEL TAPE RECORDER DESIGNED FOR STUDIO USE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE ON BACK READING "PCM TAPE RECORDER/ TYPE X-86/ SERIAL 5168101/ DATE JUN.1987/ POWER AC117V/ MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP., JAPAN"/ RAISED METALLIC LETTERING ON FRONT READS "[LOGO] MITSUBISHI"; WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS "X-86".
Missing: AES I/O BOARD
Finish: TEXTURED GREY-BLUE PAINTED STAND; BLACK & GREY PAINTED TOP; PLATED PARTS; BLACK, WHITE & RED CONTROLS; ORANGE SYNTHETIC PART.
Decoration: RAISED METALLIC LOGO ON RECORDER-PLAYER PART READS "PD/ PRODIGI"; BLACK LETTERING ON PART READS "[LOGO] MITSUBISHI MSB-2"

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MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP., Recorder-player, tape, 1987, Artifact no. 2000.0163, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0163.001/

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