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Origins of the Audio Tape
Before the Walkman, the mixtape, or the classic plastic cassette shell, there was magnetic recording. Part 2 of The Complete History of Cassette Tapes traces the origins of audio tape from early magnetic experiments and reel-to-reel machines to Philips’ 1963 compact cassette, showing how tape transformed sound into something recordable, reusable, portable, and deeply personal.
How to Master Music for Cassette
Mastering music for cassette is not the same as mastering for Spotify, Bandcamp, vinyl, CD, or the imaginary “warmth” plugin some guy on YouTube keeps trying to sell you.
Cassette is a real format with real limits. That is the whole point. It has noise. It has saturation. It has reduced top-end compared to digital. It does not care how expensive your limiter was. If you feed it a crushed, brittle, ultra-wide digital master, it will usually punish you in a way that feels personal.
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Tape Lab is the leader in cassette-based culture and media — discover everything there is to know about tapes on the Tape Blab Blog! Launched in 2024, the Tape Blab Blog is an up-to-the-minute feed for all things cassette-related. We publish DIY and how-to guides, Tape Lab lore, music videos, official merch drops, and updates on new music and projects.
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