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Cassette tape, a two-spool tape cassette format for analog audio recording and playback and introduced in 1963 by Philips; DC-International, a format that was created by Grundig after Phillips had abandoned an earlier format that was being created alongside the Compact Cassette; 8-track tape, continuous loop tape system introduced in 1964
A reel-to-reel tape recorder from Akai, c. 1978. An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage.
The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, [2] audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips , the Compact Cassette was released in August 1963.
The first consumer tape recorder to employ a tape reel permanently housed in a small removable cartridge was the RCA tape cartridge, which appeared in 1958 as a predecessor to the cassette format. At that time, reel-to-reel recorders and players were commonly used by enthusiasts but required large individual reels and tapes which had to be ...
The inside of an 8-track cartridge Analog, 1 ⁄ 4 inch wide tape, 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in/s, endless-loop cartridge DC-International cassette system DC-International cassette Analog cassette format introduced by Grundig, Telefunken and Blaupunkt: 120 × 77 × 12 mm cassette with 1 ⁄ 4 inch wide tape run at 5.08 cm per second. 1966 PlayTape
Since then, the four cassette tape types were known as IEC I, IEC II, IEC III and IEC IV. [21] The numerals follow the historical sequence in which these tape types were commercialized, and do not imply their relative quality or intended purpose. [22] An integral part of the IEC 60094 standard family is the set of four IEC reference tapes.
Types and brand. history starts as "war of the cartidges and reels": RCA Victor Tape Cartridge (later renamed sound tape cartridge, snap load cartridge, quick load cartridge; used 4 track system), minnesota mining andmanufacturing company's scotch quick load cartridge (similar to RCA's) and also their own cartridge system (quite different than RCA's), Bernard Casino's echo matic self threading ...
This wood block would become the model for what became the first portable cassette recorder, the EL 3300. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Ottens managed a team of ten or twelve workers who had experience in designing gramophones and tape recorders to develop the cassette and its equipment.