and after a month received a 1000m reel of tape. With tape that worked, [Hans] set about improving his recorder with a tape transport mechanism built from a turntable and a new recording head.

Exploring the history of portable music, from the first reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes to the colossal influence of modern ...

A machine that records audio or video onto magnetic tape. A tape "recorder" or tape "deck" generally refers to earlier analog devices, such as a VHS tape recorder. Until the 1990s, analog audio ...