The Yamaha MT-100 Multi-track Cassette Recorder was an

analog Analog or analogue may refer to: Computing and electronics * Analog signal, in which information is encoded in a continuous variable ** Analog device, an apparatus that operates on analog signals *** Analog electronics, circuits which use analog ...

tool developed to record artists in the late 1980s. It was marketed just before the advent of Digital Audio Tape. In essence, it allowed variable speed recording of 4 tracks of

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that could be mixed, merged and re-recorded onto standard cassette tapes. It had its broadest applications with keyboard and guitar players. The Yamaha MT-100 was useful for capturing multi part ideas quickly and simply. Yamaha also created the DX7 keyboard
RX 5
drum machine
RX 11 DRUM Machine
an
QX1 sequencer
A sequencer is a device that records MIDI Data digitally capturing musical arrangement code vs. capturing sounds on tape. This was a revelation at the time for people working with Samplers and Synthesizers that had multi-track

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built in. Direct line in recording from sequencers allowed for remarkably clean recordings within a usable dynamic audio range.

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