Some say Thomas Edison invented the first machine to record and play sound in 1877. Video Interchange collects a small but illuminating overview of the history of audio formats. Ex-movie theater ...

Responding to what it calls a phoenix-like rise in demand for quarter inch tapes, high-end audio brand Thorens has announced a new reel-to-reel developed with Germany's Ballfinger. The TM 1600 will ...

In our no-nonsense journey through the world of audio technology we’ve so far have looked at digital audio and the vinyl disk recording. What’s missing? Magnetic tape, the once-ubiquitous recording ...

All through the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, magnetic tape formats like the 8-track and cassette were audiophiles’ technology of choice. They played high-resolution tracks, had an impressive dynamic range and ...

For nearly 30 years, audio tape carts were essential to radio station operation, first for spots and later for music. Their initial development is a fascinating story with many loops, er, twists and ...

The What: IK Multimedia is introducing the T-RackS TASCAM Tape Collection, a collection of AAX, VST and AU plug-ins for mixing and mastering. The new T-RackS TASCAM Tape Collection draws upon the ...

There’s little that’s more hipster than an audio cassette. Its sound is far from perfect, it’s impractical, and — most important of all — it is easy to see that you’re using one. But that doesn’t mean ...

In the 1950s, radio was undergoing a programming revolution in response to television. Rather than airing most of what came down a network line (and being paid to do so), stations increasingly ...