Open Reel Audiotape

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'''Open Reel Audiotape''' is magnetic tape for audio recording which comes on reels which need to be mounted by hand on a tape player/recorder, rather than being encapsulated in a cassette. A number of different formats have been used, with different numbers of tracks and different speeds, monaural or stereo.
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'''Open Reel Audiotape''' is magnetic tape for audio recording which comes on reels which need to be mounted by hand on a tape player/recorder, rather than being encapsulated in a cassette. A number of different formats have been used, with different numbers of tracks and different speeds, monaural or stereo. A difference in stereo formats is whether the two audio tracks are synchronized side-by-side (to be read by two parallel heads) or slightly out of sync because the heads are adjacent lengthways and one is pointing at a spot on the tape further down than the other.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KHSz9Gi-II Video discussing the various reel-to-reel audio tape formats]
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KHSz9Gi-II Video discussing the various reel-to-reel audio tape formats]

Latest revision as of 16:19, 20 November 2019

File Format
Name Open Reel Audiotape
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1/4" open reel audio tapes

1/4" open reel audio tapes

Open Reel Audiotape is magnetic tape for audio recording which comes on reels which need to be mounted by hand on a tape player/recorder, rather than being encapsulated in a cassette. A number of different formats have been used, with different numbers of tracks and different speeds, monaural or stereo. A difference in stereo formats is whether the two audio tracks are synchronized side-by-side (to be read by two parallel heads) or slightly out of sync because the heads are adjacent lengthways and one is pointing at a spot on the tape further down than the other.

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