American company that pioneered magnetic tape recording technology

Ampex

The gold standard 2-track mastering recorder. Renowned for its punchy low-end and silky high-frequency tape saturation. Vintage/used pricing — discontinued.

The Ampex ATR-100 is a multitrack tape recorder, designed by Ampex Corporation, of Redwood City, California, United States. It was introduced at the Spring 1976 AES Conference in Los Angeles, and was geared towards the ultra high end studio market. The original versions were designed specifically as a stereo or quadraphonic mixdown and mastering deck.

Survey-backed equipment candidate from the 2026-04-28/29 Upsound studio equipment survey. Observed in 1 of 44 surveyed studios (1 mentions; US 0, UK 0, DE 0, SE 1, DK 0). Raw examples: Ampex AG440 1/4"

Survey-backed equipment candidate from the 2026-04-28/29 Upsound studio equipment survey. Observed in 1 of 44 surveyed studios (1 mentions; US 0, UK 0, DE 0, SE 1, DK 0). Raw examples: Ampex MM1100 (2" 24-track)

Survey-backed equipment candidate from the 2026-04-28/29 Upsound studio equipment survey. Observed in 1 of 44 surveyed studios (1 mentions; US 1, UK 0, DE 0, SE 0, DK 0). Raw examples: Ampex ATR-104 (2 track, 1/2-inch & 1/4-inch)

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