#tape machine

[twistingcells]

MK II tape recorder by Revox (1980)

[grlbts]

vintage Kudelski Nagra IV-S with RAI radio televisione italiana markings on the chassis

[whatsthesound]

Stephen, “Tape Machine” (1988)

[tthissideup]

Recording techniques: Magnetic Tape Recording

It's hard to imagine life without a computer these days. Before there was internet or any digital consumer-grade electronics, people used analogue devices for all kinds of entertainment. One of the most popular ways of entertainment was music, which at that time was stored and played back either mechanically or magnetically. At the first stage of the evolution of music recording, there were wax cylinders, which stored all vibrations caused by the sound of the music played onto tiny grooves on a small cylinder made of wax, these recordings were unreliable and quite frankly mostly impractical. Because of these limitations you with your band of highly trained musicians needed to perfectly record the song in one take, which wasn't an easy task, with no editing, splicing or punch-ins, just a straight live performance at its best captured on a small cylindrical object.

Of course, progress doesn't stop. After that, we got a new development in music technology — vinyl records. But let us move on from mechanical playback to a completely new world of magnetic tape recording. The first practical tape machines started as bulky reel-to-reel one-channel mono recorders (invented in Germany in 1935 by a not-so-friendly group of people) [1] and one of the first-ever compositions recorded on these types of machines was a live performance of Debussy's "LA MER" by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Arturo Toscanini in June 1935 in Queen's Hall that was later destroyed during World War II [2]. By the late 1940's this technology was upgraded and later commercialized becoming the industry standard in the U.S. studios after 1947 when a famous American folk singer Bing Crosby did the first ever radio broadcast using the tape machine [3].

Around 1975, digital recording started to gain popularity, but advancements in tape recording continued. It had become the fastest way to record music at that time, thanks to recent developments in multitrack technology. But in my opinion, the peak of tape machine evolution is the invention of the so-called "portastudio" created by Tascam (TEAC) in 1979. Tascam model 144 was the first ever portable 4-track recorder designed for everyday users, instantly becoming a hit in the emerging independent music scene, allowing them to record high-quality demos without needing access to a professional recording studio. Even though it was still cheaper and faster than studio time or a professional 4-track machine, when it was first introduced in 1979 its price was a whopping $1,200 which adjusted for inflation would be around $4,800 in 2024. I, myself, am a lucky owner of Tascam model 244 portastudio and I should say I could easily rely on it in the absence of a computer or an audio interface. Of course, I'm not the only one to be recording on a tape machine in 2024, there are still a bunch of artists doing this to this day.

In conclusion, there's much more to the analogue sound than just old cassette tapes, it's a whole vibe, a movement if you will, that might never stop existing, who knows maybe in a 100 years or so there still will be people tinkering around with tape machines.

References: [1] "Magnetic Recording: The First 100 Years" by Eric D. Daniel and C. Denis Mee [2] Vox - Tape recording was introduced 70 years ago today - https://www.vox.com/2016/5/16/11672678/tape-recording-70th-anniversary-jack-mullin [3] Toscanini 1935 - LA MER - Debussy - BBCSO Orch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-8xjtDNGOc

[textsfromhannibal]

Who wants to hear a clip from Peacefield on a 40+ year old Panasonic RX-5031 for maximum 80s vibes? I guarantee the sound is gonna blow your minds.

(I beg you not to come after me for copyright, this track is played for informational purposes so other people will go find vintage audio equipment, restore it, and buy even more fresh new tapes to support working musicians. I am making no profit off this video, thank you Lucifer bless.)

Edit: Lachryma benefits SO MUCH from the extra bit of grungy noise.

Edit 2: I'm literally SOBBING at Guiding Lights on this thing, it sounds like an 80s dark fantasy soundtrack, everyone needs to go get a tape player.

[aceissomunster]

panel redraw!

[fucking-relax]

hey remember when you were feeling anxious, frustrated, panicked, whatever that emotion was, and then

you set a timer for 30 minutes and stretched and worked out aerobically? and while the core struggle isn't gone, it didn't feel so scary anymore?

this is your reminder that it helped. you should probably do it again, and give yourself a sticker about it

[fexirevu]

They are going on a great adventure! To be continued

[outletcrash]

me and the guy that i think is possessing me (were actually two fragments of a shared consciousness).

In the headspace, harvey and (unnamed alter called two face by others) look like each halves of the body. they are co-hosts, but two face completely takes over during times of extreme stress or during fights/criminal activity. hes a protector/persecutor alter who has only ever really experienced violence. his whole body is deadened burn scar tissue. harvey looks like he did before the accident. both of them have bad body dysmorphia about the other side of their body when fronting.

his first memory was the accident that scarred him, pain and terror and burning alive. now he has to take care of the body and get revenge, while everyone treats him like an unwanted pest or completely insane. Hes Not Handling It Well! why should he have to protect harvey if harvey only ever hurts him and fights against everything he tries to do!

two face has no memory of his life before the accident, so all of his relationships are with criminals and crazy people and all his skills are crime (he loves cats tho)

harvey has some memories of his life before (he Thinks he has all of them). even still, alexander (another alter who fronted during their teenage/young adult/schooling years) is closer to bruce wayne than harvey. (alexander is a perpetually teenage protector based on bruce, a little emo genderfluid trans girl with a HUGE CRUSH on bruce. they dated without harvey knowing). harvey is confused why bruce cares about him so much, he doesnt remember a majority of their time together (a few clear memories and a lot of distant feelings of friendship)

anyways, harvey is just incredibly not cool to two face. he was the first alter he knew was an alter immediately, and he felt like he was being possessed. all the time loss, dissociation, his voice in his head all the damn time, it was scary. especially when they were both preoccupied outrunning the mob after their career was ruined and they were being hunted by assassins.

harvey had experienced voices and dissociation before, but never this sudden. he always just wrote it off as being forgetful, or having a normal inner monologue.

This is just their characterizations early in the comic. they learn to be kind and cooperative eventually! system communication and integration for the win!

[slavgoblin]

[grlbts]

Nagra-Kudelski Nagra III, first released in 1957

The Nagra III is in some respects the father of all other Nagras as it bears the iconic large modulometer and rotary selector.

The Nagra III was used extensively in the broadcast and film industries, not to mention in scientific applications and location recordings more generally.

It allowed the sound engineer the freedom to move around capturing sounds never heard before.

More than 10’000 Nagra IIIs were built which makes it the most popular Nagra ever.

[jeffdraws]

Don't forget to get snacks before going out to save the world.

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IOTA BETA MU TERRAN BOTNET CRIMES

CRIMINAL CONTROLLED BOTNET OPERATING USING IBM OR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES OR IOTA BETA MU COMPUTERS OPERATING FROM THE PLANET TERRA

[clunkyrobogirl2000]

Sex

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Tracklist:

Facelift • Slightly All The Time • Moon In June • Out-Bloody-Rageous

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