8-track or eight-track may refer to:
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8-track cartridge
The 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8; commonly called eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, and eight-track) is a magnetic tape sound recording technology that was popular from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when the compact cassette, whi ...
, an analog magnetic tape format used for consumer audio distribution from the late 1960s to the early 1980s
* 8-track, an eight-track reel-to-reel magnetic tape format used for
multitrack recording
Multitrack recording (MTR), also known as multitracking or tracking, is a method of sound recording developed in 1955 that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources or of sound sources recorded at different times to create a ...
in professional recording studios
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8tracks
8tracks.com or infinitetracks.com is an internet radio and social networking website revolving around the concept of streaming user-curated playlists consisting of at least 8 tracks. Users create free accounts and are able to browse the site and l ...
, an online site for user-generated mixtapes
See also
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8-Track Flashback
''8-Track Flashback'' (also titled ''VH1's 8-Track Flashback'') is a TV series hosted by David Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Suzanne Somers. This rhyming title refers to the fact that it is a "flashback" to the popularity of 8-tracks in the 1970s. ...
'', an American television series broadcast on the VH1 network
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ADAT
Alesis Digital Audio Tape (ADAT) is a magnetic tape format used for the recording of eight digital audio tracks onto the same S-VHS tape used by consumer VCRs.
Although it is a tape-based format, the term ''ADAT'' now refers to its successo ...
, a magnetic tape format used for the simultaneous digital recording of eight analogue audio or digital audio tracks
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Quadruple track
A quadruple-track railway (also known as a four-track railway) is a railway line consisting of four parallel tracks with two tracks used in each direction. Quadruple-track railways can handle large amounts of traffic, and so are used on very bus ...
, a railway line consisting of four parallel tracks
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