Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, is often thought to have produced the first sound recording. But in reality, nearly 20 years earlier, it was a different invention from a Frenchman that laid the foundation for sound recording as …
The analog vs digital audio debate spans film, art, and music, with creators and listeners wondering which is better. After all, if digital audio was superior, would it not have replaced its predecessor, analog? Although many technological advances completely displace …
While most people open Spotify or YouTube to listen to music, there’s still a market for physical products — and we’re not just talking about CDs. Over the past two years, artists like Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, and Sabrina Carpenter …
Cassette tapes have been around since the 1960s, allowing people to record, play, and share audio more easily and conveniently than ever before. The tech inside a cassette tape isn’t that different from what came before it — two reels …
Reel-to-reel tapes, also known as R2R tapes and open-reel tapes, are an old audio recording format that originated almost 100 years ago and became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. If you have old reel-to-reel tapes in your collection, now …
DAT tapes are a type of audio recording format that was popular among recording professionals in the 1990s. They were famous for the perfect, lossless copies they could record but were also too expensive compared to CDs to gain wide …
The advent of cassette tapes marked a significant milestone in the evolution of audio recording and playback technology. These compact and portable devices revolutionized the way people consumed music, offering convenience and versatility unmatched by previous formats. In this blog, …
In today’s age of digital dominance, it’s easy to overlook the analog formats that once defined the audio recording landscape. However, for many, the nostalgic charm of cassettes holds a special place in their hearts, as shown by their recent …
Learn about the history of vinyl, how they are made, and how they produce sound! Though they’re almost a century old, vinyl records stand as one of the most enduring and cherished forms of music playback and play an integral …
Learn what to do with your collection of old cassette tapes with this handy guide Now that we’re well and truly in the digital age, it’s easy to forget what a transformation physical media has gone through over the years. …
