We honeslty have not used it much lately but it works and is maintained. Not a standard format but an amazing fat sounding format! Double wide, 1 inch 8 track. This was a state of the art micro-processor controlled deck in its hey dey and it does not have a lot of hours on it. We can track to it and then dump to digital, or we can mix straight from the tape, 8 channels only, need to have a concise plan!