Yamaha Review: MT4X 4 Track Analog Recording Unit

History:

Purchase: I bought this yamaha four track analog recording unit in 1998 in a small but cozy music store in johnson city tn . A happy town that encourages heavy metal and bluegrass and celtic viking songs. The recording unit was on sale possibly because yamaha intended to discontinue the model or possibly perhaps it could be that because of the growing popularity of digital recording units it was a mere 350 dollars retail and new.

What I Like About This Yamaha MT4X 4 Track Analog Recording Unit: My yamaha unit is black and shiny and has knobs and little twirly things that go round and round like the nobbins on a jukebox and flashing lights that help define the increments of sound volume and keep me from passing out when the feedback from the microphone comes in. It is lightweight and portable and has a rat tail for regular 110 volt plugs and doesn't need a converter or anything. It has four tracks all still working and performing after 2 years of steady workhorse performance

What I Do NOT Like About The Yamaha MT4X 4 Track Analog Recording Unit: My little yamaha four track recording unit makes me mad sometimes because you always have to have the black knobs set just so or you affect bleed over problems from the other three tracks and you have to push the buttons on it. I push and push and push but sometimes I can't remember to turn the knobs around. I wish my unit had RCA plug ins available as well as the standard quarter inch plug ins...then i could stuff in noises from cdr and cd sources and off tape or cassette without having to go buy a rank little adapter.

Yamaha MT4X 4 Track Analog Recording Unit Quality Rating: It is a straightforward shiny black and white little rectangle with a nice upwardly sloping foreground top area for convenient veiwing whilst one is engaged in the recording process, LED lights are very good and meters are shiny and fine...knobs are for twistin',and also for turnin', and pots are available for setting and fine tuning the recorded sounds both before and after and during the recording phase of the entire process.

Review Summary: This is a very good little workhorse of an analog cassette fopur track tape recorder that is or at least was available at a low, low inexpensive price and is a good quality unit for home or garage band type recordings on cassette tape. I like this unit ands use it a lot but I would be hesitant to buy one used...

Rating of this Yamaha product: 4

This Yamaha MT4X 4 Track Analog Recording Unit Recording Gear Review Submitted By: mwf

Review Date: 2001-06-29