"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. ..."
Yamaha MT44 cassette tape recorder
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