Simple Compact Cassette audio tape recorders were commonly used for data storage and distribution on home computers at a time when floppy disk drives were very expensive.

Sony's MiniDisc was one of two rival digital systems, introduced in 1992, that were both targeted as a replacement for the Philips analog cassette audio tape system: the other was Digital Compact Cassette ( DCC ), created by Philips and Matsushita.

The Compact Cassette, also called audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format.

It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel tape recording in most non-professional applications.

In 1935, decades before the introduction of the Compact Cassette, AEG released the first reel-to-reel tape recorder ( in German: Tonbandgerät ), with the commercial name " Magnetophon ", based on the invention of the magnetic tape ( 1928 ) by Fritz Pfleumer, which used similar technology but with open reels ( for which the tape was manufactured by BASF ).

Although there were other magnetic tape cartridge systems, the Compact Cassette became dominant as a result of Philips ' decision in the face of pressure from Sony to license the format free of charge.

Cassette tape users would also use spare leaders to repair broken tapes.

After the introduction of Dolby B noise reduction for cassettes in the early 1970s, and the advent of new tape coatings that greatly improved the high-frequency response, the Compact Cassette finally became a respectable and increasingly popular medium for listening to music, both on the road and at home.

Cassette decks from companies such as Nakamichi, Revox, and Tandberg incorporated advanced features such as multiple tape heads and dual capstan drive with separate reel motors.

Cassette equipment needs regular maintenance, as cassette tape is a magnetic medium which is in physical contact with the tape head and other metallic parts of the recorder / player mechanism.

** Compact Cassette, a worldwide standard for analog audio recording and playback, also known as audio cassette, cassette tape, or tape

Canada's current private copying levies are as follows: $ 0. 24 per unit for Audio Cassette tape ( 40min or longer ), and $ 0. 29 per unit for CD-R, CD-RW, CD-R Audio, CD-RW Audio and MiniDisc.

* Compact Cassette, an audio tape format popular in the 70s through 90s

Cassette and 8-track tape versions of Bangla Desh were marketed by Columbia Records, in a deal that permitted the inclusion of Bob Dylan, a Columbia artist, on the album.

* Compact Cassette magnetic tape recorders

The Digital Compact Cassette ( DCC ) is a magnetic tape sound recording format introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992 and marketed as the successor to the standard analog Compact Cassette.

Sony decided to create the entirely new MiniDisc format ( based on their experience with magneto-optical recording and Compact Disc ) while Philips decided on a tape format that was compatible with their earlier analog Compact Cassette format.

A wide variety of recorders and formats have developed since, most significantly reel-to-reel and Compact Cassette.

Since becoming publicly known following the Cassette Scandal, the capabilities of Kolchuga have been the source of many rumours and uninformed speculation in forums such as.

In the past decade Uttarakhandi Music has seen a revolution after the offer by various Music Recording / Cassette Producing agencies such as Rama Video Cassette, Nilaem cassttes and T Series who have offered news talents from local areas to make their own Cassettes after getting their songs recorded in BIGBOSS digital sound recording studio, 101 karanpur dehradun uttarakhand

The operating systems with which the game was first distributed still work on modern computers with compatible BIOS and 5. 25-inch floppy drives, however IBM BASICA which ran the program under PC-DOS 1. x requires ROM-based IBM Cassette BASIC, which modern computers do not have.

They have collaborated with designers such as Mugler, Cassette Playa and Ashish.

Cassette systems have a major advantage in that the drive-side axle bearing can be out near the frame, rather than being back towards the centre of the axle behind the freewheel.

Amongst these technologies, other popular means for field recording have included the analog cassette ( CAC ), the DCC ( Digital Compact Cassette ), and the MiniDisc.

Stevie Moore Cassette Club ', has been releasing DIY, home-recorded music steadily since the 1970s.

So far, only the first series has been released on BBC Audio Cassette.

Video 2000 ( or V2000 ; also known as Video Compact Cassette, or VCC ) is a consumer videocassette system and analog recording standard developed by Philips and Grundig to compete with JVC's VHS and Sony's Betamax video technologies.

If a digital source is copied then the DAT will produce an exact clone, unlike other digital media such as Digital Compact Cassette or non-Hi-MD MiniDisc, both of which use a lossy data reduction system.

Cassette players pioneered the modern set of control buttons: play, pause, stop, record, and " locking " fast forward and rewind ( which when depressed momentarily would remain depressed until stopped.

Cassette not only produced wakeskating's first " team videos " but also the first film dedicated entirely to wakeskating, which is titled Linear Perspective, followed by 2003's Sfumato.

Cassette noise, which was predominately high frequency and unavoidable given the small size and speed of the recorded track could be made subjectively much less important.

The band used the label to release and distribute a number of cassettes and booklets by themselves ( see also Cassette Culture ), including their early demo recordings Be Happy Despite It All ( 1983 ), Another Year Of The same Old Shit ( 1984 ) and the ' cassette single ' " Common Ground " ( 1984 ), which was a benefit for striking miners ( see UK miners ' strike ( 1984-1985 )).

These extra tracks include more of the original music from the film, the theme song ( by Lee Holdridge and Will Jennings ) sung by Rita Coolidge and alternate versions of some of the tracks which appear on the LP and Cassette.

Opponents accused him of involvement in the killing in 2000 of journalist Georgiy Gongadze ( see also SBU, " Cassette Scandal ", Mykola Mel ' nychenko ), which he has always denied.

During the Cassette Scandal, audiotapes were released on which Kuchma, Volodymyr Lytvyn and other top-level administration officials are allegedly heard discussing the need to silence Gongadze for his online news reports about high-level corruption.

During the Cassette Scandal audiotapes where released on which Kuchma, Lytvyn and other top-level administration officials are allegedly heard discussing the need to silence Georgiy Gongadze for his online news reports about high-level corruption.

* DECO releases DECO Cassette System, the first standardized arcade platform, for which many games were made.

The publication of these recordings in 2000 caused a major scandal in Ukraine ( known as the Cassette Scandal ), which dramatically affected the country's domestic and foreign policy.

The SLSS came with a three mode Digital Sound Processor ( DSP ) which cycled through ' off ', ' Casual ' or ' Funky ' mode by use of a button labelled " WARP " on the CD / Radio or CD / Radio / Cassette head unit.

campaign, which followed the Cassette Scandal of 2000.

Stewart's collaboration with Praveen Sharma, known as Sepalcure, began after the two had collaborated on parties Percussion Lab and Cassette NYC, then decided to record music together, which gained the attention of Hotflush records, who signed the duo.

A very similar ( but incompatible ) cassette format was produced by Hewlett-Packard and Verbatim ( the HP82176A Mini Data Cassette ) for data storage in their HP82161A tape drive, which, like other minicassettes, did not use a capstan.