Yukes – White Ghost beyond the Great Firewall

"1. Favourite knob or fader or switch on a piece of gear and why?  If I’m being honest, the 'feather touch technology' buttons on my Yamaha MT44 4-track cassette machine are just… something else entirely. Back in the 80’s when buttons n’ switches were more mechanical and clicky, a lot of different 'options' were lost to the more common ones. What we have here is a thin ribbon beneath a plastic cover with no click. Sounds bad right? But when you press the button, it causes whatever mechanical function you triggered in the machine to violently come to life somewhere deep within the machine, causing an almost distant haptic shake, despite the button feeling almost unresponsive. ..."

martinyammoller

Yamaha MT44 cassette tape recorder

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