Tascam DX-8DS Professional Noise Reduction

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The Tascam DX-8DS is a noise reduction system with DBX noise reduction, it was introduced by Tascam in 1986 with a recommended retail price of USD $1,250 and discontinued 5 years later in 1991.

The main DX-8DS features are.

Dbx Type II found in the DX-8DS is a simplified version of the Type I noise reduction system. The dbx Type II system was designed to be used with systems with limited bandwidth such as cassette based recorders and also uses a simple 2:1:2 compander to reduce noise.

Connection to other audio components for plaback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable.

Historic events

1986 Pixar founded by Edwin Catmull, Alvy Ray Smith and Steve Jobs.

1987 Sony launched DAT (Digital Audio Tape) as a new audio tape standard

1988 Sony begins producing VHS recorders

1989 Introduction of Hi8 video format, an improvement of Video8

1990 Release of Photoshop 1.0 for Macintosh computers by Adobe.

1991 Introduction of MiniDisc by Sony

Tascam DX-8DS Professional Noise Reduction

The Tascam DX-8DS is a noise reduction system with DBX noise reduction, it was introduced by Tascam in 1986 with a recommended retail price of USD $1,250 and discontinued 5 years later in 1991.

Historic events

Features of Tascam DX-8DS

Similar to Tascam DX-8DS from the period 1986 - 1991