Amazing! This video is the first time I've learned of this model. I got the (home) open reel tape infection in 1980 when I was 13 years old. A close friend (19 years my senior) gave me a 1961 Voice of Music 722 vacuum tube machine. The next year, I saved my pennies and bought a brand-new Realistic TR-3000 (TEAC X-3). In 2019, my passion re-ignited big time! I've been collecting open reel tape machines since then, and I'm now up to around 70 machines of different types. I'm an EE, so I do all my own servicing and repairs. I'm now breaking into vintage professional machines such as the Studer B67 and AMPEX AG-350 and AG-440. I don't know if it will ever happen, but I would love to get my hands on a Studer A80 and/or an AMPEX ATR-102 someday! Since I'm primarily a home hifi guy, not a musician or recording engineer, I have no need for a multitrack machine like this (nor could I afford it!). But as an EE, this ATR-124 is just just amazing! ❤
Maaaaan the 124 is a rare beast and by far in my opinion the best sounding clean 24 track recorder. I do love my MCI jh24 but for a nice ATR sound, this is it!!
Believe me computers are better than heavy analog equipments.It's hard to update analog gears and they're very expensive.They're huge andyou can do a mix only with a daw.
Why did you have add that disclaimer that you have nothing against digital? Why is that necessary? Afraid of being attacked by ignorant, digital fanatics? Trying to avoid a digital vs analog dog fight? It is okay to hate digital. Stand your ground. No reason to be politically correct. I have everything against digital, both the good and bad, and I am not going to apologize for it.
I remember very well when the 124 was introduced, it must have been 1977 or 1978 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention in Las Vegas. This was the same time STUDER introduced the A800. We made the AMPEX guys very welcome when they visited our STUDER booth. We even showed them the insides of the 800. Yes, the 124 when you had a reliable one was a great-sounding machine. But, alas, as history tells us STUDER took the market by storm with the massive international success with the A800
Holy Hell. That is downright amazing. Thank you for restoring that. I'm so glad I finally got to see some of the details of one of these. I hope one day I get to experience one in person. What would that cost me in this case?
Thank you for showing us what the atr-124 is all about. I have 3 atr-100, wish I had the space and money for this one. May I ask what is the asking price?
When it comes to magnetic recording there is AMPEX then everything else. They made the WORST tape ever though I restore 2" quad AMPEX broadcast video tape machine Studer is a nice swiss machine a little rough on tape though esp when the tape hit max tension. Electronics are just ok though. Studer always went for esthetics rather than performance. They are a beautiful looking machine though
For reliability yes. This machine however sounds better than any Studer, in fact this is arguably the best sounding multitrack ever, this or the Stephens 821's...
"the most advanced tape machine ever made by everyone"??? Good joke😂😂😂 This is a good machine, yes - but Studer A 800 or A 820 is next level - totally another class than this
** I wonder whats after digital ? cuz its gonna be dead soon .... watch ! ..... we had a 124 and a sphere and dozens of ampex's in my family's studio, but I was to young to understand it all and never took to it. GOD Bless
Dream on Vax.......The sound quality of analog sound from ATR 124 is far batter than any digital ProTools , even the latest with HDX cards. That the fact!
This is a DREAM machine! Owning one of these (in restored condition) means you can double your studio rates.
Amazing! This video is the first time I've learned of this model.
I got the (home) open reel tape infection in 1980 when I was 13 years old. A close friend (19 years my senior) gave me a 1961 Voice of Music 722 vacuum tube machine. The next year, I saved my pennies and bought a brand-new Realistic TR-3000 (TEAC X-3).
In 2019, my passion re-ignited big time! I've been collecting open reel tape machines since then, and I'm now up to around 70 machines of different types. I'm an EE, so I do all my own servicing and repairs. I'm now breaking into vintage professional machines such as the Studer B67 and AMPEX AG-350 and AG-440. I don't know if it will ever happen, but I would love to get my hands on a Studer A80 and/or an AMPEX ATR-102 someday!
Since I'm primarily a home hifi guy, not a musician or recording engineer, I have no need for a multitrack machine like this (nor could I afford it!). But as an EE, this ATR-124 is just just amazing!
❤
Maaaaan the 124 is a rare beast and by far in my opinion the best sounding clean 24 track recorder. I do love my MCI jh24 but for a nice ATR sound, this is it!!
This is a masterpiece of studio sound recording technology. I dreamed of something like this when I was young (90-s). And then the computers came...
Believe me computers are better than heavy analog equipments.It's hard to update analog gears and they're very expensive.They're huge andyou can do a mix only with a daw.
@@Mixingmachine774 Hey, Computers suck.
I've got nothing against GOOD digital, but Analog is sooo beautiful!
AGREEEEE!!!!!
Why did you have add that disclaimer that you have nothing against digital? Why is that necessary?
Afraid of being attacked by ignorant, digital fanatics? Trying to avoid a digital vs analog dog fight?
It is okay to hate digital. Stand your ground. No reason to be politically correct. I have everything
against digital, both the good and bad, and I am not going to apologize for it.
Thanks for showing this beautiful work of art!
OMG. What a beauty! What a machine! Love live Ampex! Studer, eat your heart out! =)
I remember very well when the 124 was introduced, it must have been 1977 or 1978 at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention in Las Vegas. This was the same time STUDER introduced the A800. We made the AMPEX guys very welcome when they visited our STUDER booth. We even showed them the insides of the 800. Yes, the 124 when you had a reliable one was a great-sounding machine. But, alas, as history tells us STUDER took the market by storm with the massive international success with the A800
I own two (2) Ampex ATR-124s there were modified by CBS in New York. The modified versions I have are on par with a Studer A800.
Care to sell one?
Sorry to hear that. If you had them restored by ATR Services, they would blow the Studer out of the water.
Ampex! Nothing has ever come close!
AMAZING TECHNOLOGY!!
That machine is insane! I'm from the days when I used to calibrate the 3M-M79. What a pig that was.
Grrreat sounding machine!
I have a few spares available; including the 3 layers of the track arming button assembly (remote or on-machine).
Amazing machine. Thanks!
One of the Signal Companies.
You could update some modern silent computer Fans with a decrease in electrical field noise as well as room noise.
Holy Hell. That is downright amazing. Thank you for restoring that. I'm so glad I finally got to see some of the details of one of these. I hope one day I get to experience one in person. What would that cost me in this case?
The largest NAB reels are 14 inch
Awesome machine,awesome vid!! thank you!
Incredible!
Thank you for showing us what the atr-124 is all about. I have 3 atr-100, wish I had the space and money for this one. May I ask what is the asking price?
"perc" switch, so the machine also makes filter coffee???
The great rival of Studer A827.
I understood about 5% of this video yet wish it were twice as long
So how much does this baby cost
I miss saturation!
The words spoken 25 seconds in.
Plot twist: The VU meters not lighting up.
I HAVE TO GET IT BACK!
Would have been great to actually hear how the tape sounds., i.e recording the line out to digital and adding to the video..
you're kidding...right ??
When it comes to magnetic recording there is AMPEX then everything else. They made the WORST tape ever though
I restore 2" quad AMPEX broadcast video tape machine
Studer is a nice swiss machine a little rough on tape though esp when the tape hit max tension. Electronics are just ok though. Studer always went for esthetics rather than performance. They are a beautiful looking machine though
Studer is better, ampex is complicated and go defect, for repair not good.
Those heads look worn out
I don’t understand all that. Corruption
wtf are you talking about ?
Studer is way better
Pfffff ...
yes, John Harill, you are absolute right
For reliability yes. This machine however sounds better than any Studer, in fact this is arguably the best sounding multitrack ever, this or the Stephens 821's...
Страшные вещи делал амрех
Hot damn that's a sexy machine. I want to put a wig and makeup on it and roll it over and do it dry.
haha!
Yeah, I'd smash that thing all day with a damn fursuit. It's that beautiful!
"the most advanced tape machine ever made by everyone"??? Good joke😂😂😂 This is a good machine, yes - but Studer A 800 or A 820 is next level - totally another class than this
???
Just use protools on a mac, you can't beat digital recording, analog is dead!
Name one professional studio that still uses analog tape?
Electrical audio. Tape will return. The tape will be dead after we will go for 384khz 64bit and consumer resolution 96khz 24bit.
WTF ?
** I wonder whats after digital ? cuz its gonna be dead soon .... watch ! ..... we had a 124 and a sphere and dozens of ampex's in my family's studio, but I was to young to understand it all and never took to it. GOD Bless
Dream on Vax.......The sound quality of analog sound from ATR 124 is far batter than any digital ProTools , even the latest with HDX cards. That the fact!