David Breneman wrote:
> --- The Roxter <rocknatural@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> The story I have been hearing almost all my life was that he was
>> involved in a serious auto accident and was in the hospital here in
>> Tulsa when he invented multitrack in his head. I always heard he
>> had the first one built by the guys at Ampex, but the idea was his.
>>
>
> Well Les Paul may have thought that a multitrack deck would be
> a cool thing, but it was Ross Snyder and Mort Fuji at Ampex
> that actually invented it. I suppose Les was the "mother of
> invention" having the need. But unlike other customized tape
> decks he *did* engineer and make on his own, all he was in this
> case was a customer. Sel-Sync is more than just multiple
> heads on a wider tape. There was a lot of novel engineering
> involved.
>
I'm certainly no expert on this, although I did work for Midwestern
Instruments while they were producing the 728, the first really popular
two-track. I didn't work on the 728, but was working on a secret project
that required a top-level security clearance.
> -The Roxter
> --
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