The MARK III/8 ½″ Eight-Channel Recorder

Otari heads the page with three markets, set as a checklist:

• BROADCAST — multi-track production for stereo
• TELEVISION AND FILM — audio post-production; multi-channel sweetening
• RECORDING STUDIO — multi-track mastering

The opening copy sells session control: individual channel control over status and monitoring plus master switching, the same controls duplicated on the CB-110 remote, punch-in and punch-out on one button, and automatic input monitoring whenever a channel is in Record ready and the machine is stopped or in fast wind. Otari's performance claim is that the machine's audio specifications at 7.5 ips "surpass those of other eight-channel machines at 15 ips — while using half the tape!"

⤢ zoomA brown multipin connector shell photographed close up against white, its cable entering from the left, two hex screw bosses on the moulded body and the pin field visible at the open end.

Multipin connector provides easy interface with SMPTE/EBU time-code-based editors, machine controllers, or synchronizers.

Professional Features that make the MARK III/8 easy to use↑ TOP

• Independently switchable +4 dBm or −10 dBV input and output reference level on each channel
• Heavy-duty locking, XL type input/output connectors
• Built-in test oscillator (1 kHz & 10 kHz) and external oscillator input
• Dual-element metering: user-adjustable peak reading LEDs plus standard VU
• Headphone amplifier with channel select and level control
• Individual channel and master switching of monitor electronics
• Standard Record level and input gain adjustment for each channel
• Automatic monitor switching
• Low frequency Reproduce equalization adjustments
• Three remote units available — CB-114, CB-110 and CB-116
• Microprocessor-controlled hours/minutes/seconds real-time counter with zero-return and LED display

Features that deliver superb Tape Handling and Transport Control↑ TOP

• Microprocessor-governed transport control logic, motion sensing and dynamic braking
• ±7% variable speed control (+50%, −100% speed via external control), usable in record and reproduce
• Reel size switch selectable — 5″, 7″, 10.5″, EIA or NAB
• High torque, AC reel motors

Additional Features for Flexibility, Reliability, and Serviceability↑ TOP

• Speed selection of 15 or 7.5 ips, with 60 minutes record time at 7.5 ips
• Plug-in optimized three head design with easy access, hinged head cover
• Interface connector for external machine control via SMPTE/EBU time-code-based editors, machine controllers or synchronizers
• Positive-locking NAB hub adaptors
• Easy access, plug-in single-card-per-channel electronics with a full complement of adjustments for each channel
• Roll-around floor stand ZA-52L-38 for variable-profile mounting (optional)

⤢ zoomThe recorder's rear panel: eight vertical channel strips of recessed adjustment trimmers on a black panel, numbered 8 through 1 across the middle, each strip labelled in small screened type down the left edge.

Convenient rear panel access to individual channel electronics adjustments.