but [Hans] managed to come up with an amplifier, tape transport mechanism, a recording and playback head, and homemade magnetic tape made from a reel of iron filings glued to a reel of 8mm film stock.

The most commonly used medium for recording ... TAPE RECORDER, is arranged in similar variations, each particle of the emulsion having its own magnetic field, the direction and intensity of which ...

In the diagram above, we can see the basic parts of a tape recorder. Here’s what happens when an empty cassette tape is used to record sound. When the tape enters the magnetic field generated by ...

The invention of magnetic recording tape represented a quantum leap forward in audio technology. For the first time, thanks to tape, sound could be manipulated. What had been the representation of ...