RECORDING Remastered – The ABCs of the Newest Recording Medium

Welcome to RECORDING ReMastered

Last month, we celebrated our 40th anniversary, and this month, the celebration continues. Over the past four decades, RECORDING has amassed an extensive archive covering the science, art and craft of making and recording music. With this column, our goal is to revisit standout articles from years past and, when appropriate, update them with fresh insight and context for today’s readers.

This month, we turn to one of our oldest entries yet, from the July 1988 issue of Home & Studio Recording, for a fun and nostalgic look at the then-emerging world of hard disk recording. I hope you enjoy seeing how far we have come!