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Magnetic tape sound recording - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magnetic tape has been used for sound recording for more than 75 years. ... magnetic tape is largely being replaced by digital systems for most sound recording ...

Sound recording and reproduction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magnetic wire recorders were effective, but the sound quality was poor, so ... Marconi developed a system of magnetic sound recording using steel tape. ...

Tape Recording
Sound reproduction concepts. Tape recording concepts. Reference. Rossing. Science ... A magnetic "image" of a sound signal can be stored on tape in the form of ...

A Selected Bibliography of Histories of Magnetic Tape Sound Recording
The history of magnetic sound recording and magnetic tape has been told in ... books and papers have you read that tell the story of magnetic tape recording" ...

tape recording -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
... on tape recording: method of magnetic sound recording using magnetic tape. ... tape recorder. A variety of machines have been devised to record and play ...

Magnetic Tape Recording
Sound reproduction concepts. Tape recording concepts. Reference. Rossing. Science of Sound ... Magnetic Emulsions. The recording medium for the tape recording ...

History of Sound Recoding - About
Innovations related to sound technology from wax cylinder records and antique phonographs to digital recording and MP3s.

magnetic recording -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
... article on magnetic recording: method of preserving ... tape recording. method of magnetic sound recording using magnetic tape. See magnetic recording. ...

IEC 60094-3 Ed. 1.0 b:1979, Magnetic tape... [Paperback] | Target.com
Shop for IEC 60094-3 Ed. 1.0 b:1979, Magnetic tape sound recording and reproducing systems. Part 3: Methods of measuring the characteristics of recording and reproducing

Sound Recording and Reproduction - MSN Encarta
Sound Recording and Reproduction, technology used to record, store, and play back sounds. ... Recording tape is coated with tiny magnetic particles. ...

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Re: Question for the musicians in the group

... had a friend who was studying sound engineering at the University of Memphis.... sat in on one of his recording sessions. Each person was basically in...all to stop (everything was being recorded simultaneously). I overheard one girlfriend tell...to provide the materials, mostly the recording media, which is not cheap. ...so they were using the old magnetic tapes, which are basically cassette ...

Re: A Comparison of two Toscanini transfers from RCA

... RCA did not begin recording their masters on magnetic tape until 1949, ... on 78 RPM disks. The LP sounds like an honest, straightforward transfer from ... application of ClickRepair). The CD also sounds like an honest, straightforward transfer, ... indifference to the Italian bandmaster's recordings and not any squeamishness over sound considerations, has proven to be the...

Re: A Comparison of two Toscanini transfers from RCA

...> RCA did not begin recording their masters on magnetic tape until 1949, ... on 78 RPM disks. The LP sounds like an honest, straightforward transfer from ... application of ClickRepair). The CD also sounds like an honest, straightforward transfer, but ... indifference to the Italian bandmaster's recordings and not any squeamishness over sound considerations, has proven to be the ...

Re: Help-I want to cause RFI !

...turntables was to make a large multi-turn coil taped to the wall next to the offending ... then connect it to the mains. Allegedly the magnetic field played havoc with the pickup. It was also supposed to work against tape recorders. You would have to ensure that such a coil had sufficient inductance so ... you could have a fire on your hands! Sounds a bit like a very large degaussing coil!...

Questions/opinions about variable-density optical audio track recording on old films.

... consist of the optical equivalent of magnetic tape. It is similar to the... audio signal] during or before recording/development. Such exposure will corrupt the... optics and chemistry instead of magnetism. What characteristics in the film ... these artifacts caused by? In magnetic audio cassette, the maximum frequency ... distortion that specifically results from sounds being too loud [e.g. ...

Questions/opinions about variable-density optical audio track recording.

Re: A Comparison of two Toscanini transfers from RCA

...RCA did not begin recording their masters on magnetic tape until 1949, ...RPM disks. Not necessarily. RCA began recording simultaneously on 78 rpm wax masters... source was for this particular recording, though. (RCA started mastering on ... the Toscanini rehearsal (lacquer) and recording (metal parts from wax masters) ... metal parts. The CD also sounds like an honest, straightforward transfer,...

Re: A Comparison of two Toscanini transfers from RCA

...>> RCA did not begin recording their masters on magnetic tape until 1949, ... on 78 RPM disks. The LP sounds like an honest, straightforward transfer from ... application of ClickRepair). The CD also sounds like an honest, straightforward transfer, but ...on indifference to the Italian bandmaster's recordings and not any squeamishness over sound considerations, has proven to be the ...