In our no-nonsense journey through the world of audio technology we’ve so far have looked at digital audio and the vinyl disk recording. What’s missing? Magnetic tape, the once-ubiquitous recording ...

Since Sony introduced DAT (digital-audio tape) in 1987, it has been the preferred format option of many journalists, musicians, and live-concert and lecture-audience members, who want to capture a ...

TAPE recorders cost money. As recreational devices, they have found market, so far, among bird-song enthusiasts, sound maniacs, and cocktail-party gagsters. Now, however, that canny character, the ...

Figure 1. The standardized tape recording and playback EQ curves. The next aspect of analog tape recording is an interesting one, for it can also apply to audio transmission on long circuits ...

When home computers first appeared, disk drives were an expensive rarity. Consumers weren’t likely to be interested in punch cards or paper tape, but most people did have consumer-grade audio cassette ...

Electricity refined the way sounds were captured in time — adding a new dimension of fidelity to the acoustic phonograph. The invention of magnetic recording tape represented a quantum leap forward in ...

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Here’s something that happens to me all the time and probably happens to you, too: I’m walking, waiting in line or driving when suddenly I think of something–a forgotten errand, a grocery-store ...

It’s bizarre but true: wire recording is the longest-lasting capture format in audio history, one that paved the way for reel-to-reel tapes and a host of others—even though most people today, and some ...

The Beatles often experimented with various instruments and recording techniques. Their songs often sound different, partly due to The Beatles’ innovative tendencies. For example, George Harrison ...

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