Ads
related to: reel to reel tape speed
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The second-most-common speed for prerecorded reel-to-reel tapes. The speed specified for the 8-track cartridge, RCA cassette, Elcaset, Sabamobil, and HiPac formats. Used by some consumer multitrack machines using compact cassettes. Used later as "high speed" in some dual-speed professional compact cassette tape decks, such as the Tascam 122. 2 5.08
A reel-to-reel tape recorder (Sony TC-630), typical of a 1970s audiophile device. Reel-to-reel audio tape recording, also called open-reel recording, is magnetic tape audio recording in which the recording tape is spooled between reels. To prepare for use, the supply reel (or feed reel) containing the tape is placed on a spindle or hub.
A cartridge format for embedding and easy handling usual 3-inch-tape-reels with 1 ⁄ 4 inch tape, compatible to reel-to-reel audio recording in 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 ips. 1965 8-Track (Stereo-8) The inside of an 8-track cartridge Analog, 1 ⁄ 4 inch wide tape, 3 + 3 ⁄ 4 in/s, endless-loop cartridge DC-International cassette system
9-track tape drive used with DEC minicomputers Inside a 9-track tape drive. The vacuum columns are the two gray rectangles on the left. A typical 9-track unit consists of a tape transport—essentially all the mechanics that moves tape from reel to reel past the read/write and erase heads—and supporting control and data read/write electronics.
Equal to 8-track tape and Stereo-Pak, the tape runs at a standard speed of 3.75 inches per second (IPS). [5] This is double the speed of the Compact Cassette and half of the top speed of consumer reel-to-reel tape recorders, which usually offer both 3.75 IPS and 7.5 IPS speeds.
This was a consumer, or home format based on the much larger and more expensive professional reel-to-reel tape multitrack recording systems that had been built for recording studios by 1954. [2] Professional four-track machines used either one inch or ½-inch tape at a speed of 15 or 30 inches per second (IPS) for the highest quality sound.