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AUDIO

Nagra

Portable tape and digital audio recorders.

Founded
1951 to today
From
Switzerland
Status
Active

Its portable tape recorders were the sound standard of film for decades.

Source: Wikipedia

In the library

1951Audio recorders

Nagra I

Nagra (Kudelski)

Stefan Kudelski's clockwork-motor prototype, the first of the Swiss Nagra recorders.

Source: Wikipedia
1953Audio recorders

Nagra II

Nagra (Kudelski)

The first production Nagra, with miniature tubes and a clockwork motor.

Source: Wikipedia
2008Audio recorders

Nagra VI

Nagra (Kudelski)

A multitrack digital location recorder, later upgraded to eight channels.

Source: Wikipedia
1951Audio recorders

Nagra I

Nagra

Clockwork-motor prototype that started the Swiss location recorder line.

Source: Wikipedia
1971Audio recorders

Nagra IV-S

Nagra

Two-track stereo Nagra with dual limiters.

Source: WikipediaPhoto: Hens Zimmerman from Zeist, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0
1984Audio recorders

Nagra IV-STC

Nagra

Stereo Nagra with SMPTE timecode, the film standard until DAT.

Source: WikipediaPhoto: Anthony P. Kuzub, CC BY-SA 3.0