ABSTRACT
Nagras are tough, durable, and extremely forgiving. The Nagra audio recorder has attained legendary status; it is very name being synonymous with field audio recording for sync sound. Though DAT recorders have come into extremely wide use in the film industry, most of sound editors' professional sound mixers keep the Nagra close at hand. Originally the Nagra was designed to use the 5v reels. Nagra even went on to design an adaptation kit that attaches to the unit with pulley belts so that the sound mixer could use 10v reels if desired. One of the best engineering designs of the Nagra is the practicality of power. The Nagra has to be the easiest tape path for loading. Sound editor have to understand that the Nagra is designed not to high-speed wind and rewind but to record at a very high resolution and ship the reels "tails out" to the lab.
