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tape recorder


reel-to-reel recorder
Reel-to-reel recorder
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An instrument for sound recording on magnetic tape, and subsequent playback. The tape, consisting of small magnetic particles of iron oxides on a thin plastic film base, is wound from the supply reel to the take-up reel to the take-up reel by a rotating capstan which controls the speed. The tape passes in turn the erase head, which by applying an alternating field reduces the overall magnetization to zero; the recording head, and the playback head. Cassettes contain thin tape handily packaged, running at 17/8 in/s. The somewhat larger cartridges contain an endless loop of tape on a single reel. Most recorders use two, four, or more tracks side by side on the tape.


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