I'm doing research on doing an all analog recording of solo cello, and while I could do it on my Otari 5050 with two mics, I'm tempted to go to a four track machine and collect two channels of close/direct sound and two channels of room sound to give me flexibility in post.
This raises the question, "As tape in general gets scarce, does on have to be nuts to go ½ inch?"
(Searching on ½ is disallowed, so I searched on one half and saw next to nothing. Apologies if this has been addressed and I've failed to find it.)