ABSTRACT
Practical is a code by which the Venerable Nagra operates, as it still remains the highest bang-for-the-buck quality audio recorder available for production sound recording. The Nagra audio recorder has attained legendary status, its very name being synonymous with field audio recording for sync sound. Nagra even went on to design an adaptation kit that attaches to the unit with pulley belts so that the sound mixer could use 10 reels if desired. One of the best engineering designs of the Nagra is the practicality of power. It does not run on a proprietary battery design, like so many systems today. On earlier Nagra models, the few positive side contact terminals are spring-action fuses. The Nagra has to be the easiest tape path for loading. Fast Forwarding The Nagra does not fast forward at the speed it can rewind. The idea of fast forward is simply running twice as fast as normal speed.
