If anyone is interested in a 4-track cassette recorder on steroids, check out the Akai MG614, which has a 6 channel mixer and a lot more I/O possibilities. They are fairly expensive on the used market but built like tanks.

Another less expensive alternative, and more similar in design and feature to the Tascam offerings, would be the Yamaha MT4X and MT8X. The latter having an 8 channel mixer. Of course these still record down to only 4 channels on the tape.

There’s also the Yamaha MD8 digital minidisc recorder with an 8 channel mixer, if you’re feeling adventurous.

So much amazing dedicated audio recording gear came out in the 90s.