Who uses Reel to Reel

If you do which model to you use?
Do you record digital to reel?
Do you record reel to digital?
How do you use reel in recording process?

thanx for relplies!

yeah i got one i us eit to archive my beats i record from digi to reelthen i record from there back to digi, but i need to go from there to a cd so you can hear the difference, i want to record sounds in to it so i can sample of that to the mpc but i only got a cuople reels and i dont kno where to find them anymore. i use a revox, it was the best model in the 70's it a german reel to reel it's a four track reel to reel pretty nice , you can see it on myspace page.

I use a hi-fi VHS VCR sometimes.

Yo E.D.E.! That chick in your sig? You know, if you look at her just right, she looks like a space shuttle coming in for a landing heading straight for you.

DOes your reel have four inputs? If not how do you record four seperate tracks, as far as syncing them up with protools. What I want is a reel that allows four seperate tracks so I can have L/R vocals, L/R beat. How can you sync protools to record seperate tracks if there are only two inputs, reel with midi?
Is your reel 2" tape? I see they have reel tapes @...
http://www.americanmusical.com/
thanx again for replies!
I'm looking to purchase reel to reel but there are so many so I'm trying to figure what I want but I want it to be professional quality. Figure I can get a 80's pro reel for pretty cheap. I've been looking at Akai reels on ebay that are from $300-$700 but not sure if they are good enough?

naw it's a half inch tape or one inch, you record four track by switchin L/R
there's two inputs only, no midi so you can't really sync, you just have to wing it. thats why i use it as an archiver.

dj e.d.e wrote:naw it's a half inch tape or one inch, you record four track by switchin L/R
there's two inputs only, no midi so you can't really sync, you just have to wing it. thats why i use it as an archiver.

Couldn't you sync it with SMPTE?

havent tried it yet but now u mentioned it i'm going to lookin to it,
it never crossed my mine really midi's complicated enuff

Here is another reply I got on another thread, might help you with smpte?
http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?p=283505#283505

mad_philosopher wrote:. Figure I can get a 80's pro reel for pretty cheap. I've been looking at Akai reels on ebay that are from $300-$700 but not sure if they are good enough?

Definitely not what you are after.