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The RCA tape cartridge (labeled the RCA Sound Tape Cartridge [1]) is a magnetic tape audio format that was designed to offer stereo quarter-inch reel-to-reel tape recording quality in a convenient format for the consumer market. [2] It was introduced in 1958, following four years of development. [3]
The phrase cartridge tape is also ambiguous with 36 different types of audio, [4] video [5] or data [6] cartridges listed at The Museum of Obsolete Media. From time to time the terms tape cartridge and tape cassette are used to describe the same product.
1958 RCA tape cartridge (Sound Tape) (Magazine Loading Cartridge) The cassette format created by RCA Analog, 1 ⁄ 4 inch wide tape (stereo & mono), 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in/s & 1.875 in/s, one of the first attempts to offer reel-to-reel tape recording quality in a convenient format for the consumer market 1959 NAB Cart Tape
Fidelipac was originally a 1 ⁄ 4-inch-wide (6.4 mm) analog recording tape, two-track format. One of the tracks was used for monaural program audio, and the other being used for a cue track to control the player, where either a primary cue tone was recorded to automatically stop the cart, a secondary tone was recorded to automatically re-cue the cart to the beginning of the cart's program ...
The magnetic tape can have start and end markers, like a magnetic beacon, an electric conductive splice, a hole that can be optically scanned, or a transparent splice tape. The cartridge was invented by sound engineer Bernard A. Cousino and it dominated the North American market for many years. [1]
The 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8; commonly called eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, and eight-track) is a magnetic-tape sound recording technology that was popular [2] from the mid-1960s until the late 1980s, when the compact cassette, which pre-dated the 8-track system, surpassed it in popularity for pre-recorded music. [3] [4] [5]
In 1958, following four years of development, RCA introduced the RCA tape cartridge, which enclosed 60 minutes (30 minutes per side) of stereo quarter-inch reel-to-reel tape within a plastic cartridge that could be utilized on a compatible tape recorder/player without having to thread the tape through the machine. [11]
The advancements in technology also meant that tape could be stored in more compatible formats although with reduced quality in audio. The first releases featured tape wrapped around in a single reel known as "tape cartridges". There were tape cartridges for professional use like the Fidelipac [4] and cartridges for consumers with 8-track ...