How can a spinning frisbee, black tape, or shiny disc create booming bass and crisp vocals? In this video, we dive deep into the science of sound reproduction—exploring how vinyl records, cassette ...

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Have you ever wished you could turn back time, back to the good old days? A group of hobbyists are doing just that, one VHS ...

Voice Memos, Apple's audio recording app, goes far beyond just a simple voice recorder. Here's how to get the most out of ...

The Plaude Note uses a dual recording mode system: an ambient microphone for in-room calls and a vibration sensor (V.C.S.) ...

LTO-10 magnetic tape cartridges with native storage capacities of 30TB are announced with shipments of cartridges and drives ...

Libby Hopfauf and Annalise Nicholson are in a race against time, and against tape. It’s a spring afternoon, and we’re sitting in the office of the Moving Image Preservation of Puget Sound ...

LTO sales reached record levels in 2022 ... that the data DOGE converted from LTO could become more vulnerable. Magnetic tapes also last longer than other digital formats. While some DVDs from ...

Earlier this month, DOGE announced on X it would save $1 million annually by converting 14,000 magnetic tapes of government records into “permanent modern digital records.” The problem?

I didn’t push my luck by explaining it was a convenient analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. I haven’t owned a home or car cassette player since before she ...