Nagra III

[@jennifer86010]

There aren't many things in this world that are the "absolute best" in the world. But for portable tape recorders, Nagra was the world's finest. Built like a fine Swiss watch, and designed for pros to make professional recordings. Gorgeous machinery !!

[@kishascape]

4.2 was better

[@Christof_Classen]

You can see the "Nagra III" in the Brian De Palma Movie "Blow Out" (from 1981) with John Travolta ;) Its 1 of 3 favorites Movies from Quentin Tarantino and this is the reason why he cast Travolta for Pulp Fiction ! Greetings from Hamburg !

[@douro20]

The Nagra III was made for film sync sound so it had to be accurate. These things were used for dialogue recording for several major motion pictures. It is perhaps one of the most accurate portable reel-to-reel recorders ever made, and also at the time the most expensive device of its kind in the world.

[@kishascape]

Nah the 4.2 was more accurate and was able to pilot sync as well SMTPE time codes with an addon.

[@215Topcat]

Great review. Learned some things that I did not know for the operation of this fine deck. Recently sold one in good condition. Funds needed for another project, wish I could have kept it.

[@AlvaroPinto2]

Great demo ! LES - I got one Några III now!

[@roscoecoltrain6260]

Opening and closing the cover 39 times just cause he can. Brilliant!

[@TheRudydog1]

Roscoe Coltrain: Brilliant comment!

[@jw4321]

Lol

[@trinpictures]

@@jw4321 Nagra ruled the sound recording world til digital came along. Then they became irrelevant. I wonder why.

[@joeblow8593]

I wished you would have played it through the line inputs on your camera to really hear the fidelity

[@RobinParmar]

that is one sweet bit of engineering

[@pcuser80]

The recorder of the movie Brian Palma "blow out" :) Great!

[@akasickform]

I need one

[@TheBeatlesInMyLife]

Hello, I would like to know if I can use a small part of your video in my channel for a video about The Beatles Get Back Sessions, wich were recorded in Nagra tapes. Thank you so much.

[@landryprichard6778]

Takes me back to film school! Nowadays, these things cost a fortune. A lot of fun back then.

[@kishascape]

no they dont cost a fortune

[@coryhenry6454]

Hi .... do you still have it ?? .... and if positive, do you sell it ??

[@heyyitsandy]

That is one beautiful machine

[@coryhenry6454]

Do you sell it ???? ..... I'm interested ....

[@seancurtispatrick]

man! the shiniest nagra ever!

[@davidpicarazzi]

how could I go about exporting my audio from my DAW and then into the nagar, and back into my DAW? I see a nagra for sale in my area and really wanna pick it up!

[@Meteotrance]

lovely recorder ^^ if i have enough money one day i would like using that kind of stuff, but the problem is became harder to found new tape, what size of tape did you used in a device like that, same as master tape for ampex or revox stuff ?

[@CharlyStone1]

where are you from, I had one for sale for a low price

[@kishascape]

You either get used sealed box tape off ebay, there plenty. OR get new fresh made tape from ATR magnetics or various other companies.

[@revokdaryl1]

Thanks so much for posting this! I just spent the afternoon pondering how dialogue was recorded for films before the days of portable digital recorders. I now have my answer! Am I correct in assuming that most location sound for films was recorded using similar recorders to this one?

[@mikecimerian6913]

Camera, Nagra, action.

[@belizando]

I restore and repair these, and I sold this one for US$900. Got it at a gov't surplus auction for $80.00, but it was in pretty bad condition!

[@irmercado]

What is the BA switch for?

[@srenelbek4114]

Where can you get tapes for one of these badboys?

[@organfairy]

They are still made. In Europe you can get them at Thomann.

[@XXLAUTAROXX]

Hi can you tell me how headphones connection works? Is it one bananna plug for + and one - to feed a mono headphone? thanks

[@belizando]

Lautaro Papagno yes, banana plugs for mono headphones top jack is + , or "tip" bottom jack is "sleeve" or negative. It's easy to build an adaptor for a pair of stereo headphones using banana plugs and a quarter-inch stereo jack.

[@XXLAUTAROXX]

Thanks! I knew the adaptor I received was a total frankenstein ( Tip and Sleeve from each channel soldered to each bannana) hahaaaa no comments.

[@pitur5492]

Do you know that name "Nagra" comes from polish word "nagrać" means "to record". "To urządzenie nagra dźwięk" means in english "This device will record sound"

[@oldelephantstew]

How old is this machine? When did they stop making them?

[@alexandershalin3543]

MP3 @ 128 kbps is just enough for everyone and very convenient.

[@itachisenpai6636]

1957

[@OC35]

Stopped in 1969.

[@oldelephantstew]

Many Thanks:

[@douro20]

How much did you pay for this Nagra?

[@tobyarmstrongcameraman9207]

What are the two switches in the middle of the front panel between the record playback control and the mic level knob? On mine it says B-A on the top switch and the bottom switch is 3 position. They are not shown in the manual supplied with the my Nargra 111

[@stopmotionking49]

Benburt lightsaber sound fx sound

[@X2FileWrightonite]

Thanks 4 posting this!

[@slobodanjozejoksimovic973]

Imate li koji za prodaju ili sličan sa zvučnicima 50 do 100 vati za upotrebu.

[@Cheezwizzz]

I’d say they cost a mint back in the day!

[@belizando]

I don't do outside repairs, try Dan Dugan dandugan.com, authorized repair guy

[@OnAirRecords]

❤️

[@zakariahlafreniere8347]

fallen angel technology

[@LesleyLesPaul]

...great demo !!! LES

[@drewc9947]

Would it be blasphemy to take an analog field recorder with busted mechanics, and replace them with a high quality DAC?

[@SupraTompan]

Yes