This eight-track analog recorder expanded home recording possibilities in the late '70s and was a key link in defining the project studio market. At its time, this ½” reel-to-reel format deck — operating at a "pro" 15 ips speed" — was the most popular multichannel recorder in the world and became the standard in small professional and home studios, and was even employed to record the voices of the famed C-3PO and R2-D2 droids in the first Star Wars film.