A track is a portion of the magnetic tape that is recorded onto. A full-track tape recorder uses the entire width of the tape to record a single track. Early tape decks would use...
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1920s: The reel-to-reel tape recorder was invented in Germany in the late 1920s. Tapes were made by binding ferrite oxide to a long paper strip that was then magnetized by a tape head. Early...
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So the question begs… why reel-to-reel? It’s an old technology, the machines are large and heavy, the tape is expensive, and most machines need work. Here’s the reason: Reel-to-reel tape machines are fully analog...
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