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The build starts, as one might expect, by disassembling the cassette and removing the magnetic tape from the plastic casing. With the interior of the cassette empty it’s capable of holding a ...
Credit where it’s due: Sony gave us the Walkman and accidentally created the most dramatic prop in teenage heartbreak history ...
Virtually any cassette-playing machine being made ... are thought to be new shells and cases filled with new-old-stock tape from the old days. But a couple of upstart manufacturers have jumped ...
Sony retired its cassette-style Walkman in 2010 (they still make digital players with the same name), but it seems the legend ...
We've already seen vinyl making a major comeback with a bunch of tech firms now offering high-tech turntables. Now it seems ...
The cases mostly replicate the official cover art of each respective game, with each one cropped to fit the size and dimensions of a cassette tape box, giving them a uniform look when displayed on ...
Not only was the drive battery-operated and portable, the tape was recordable, and the format became the standard among teenagers for taping concerts. As soon as commercial recordings on cassette ...
[Decurus] has made a simple tape based synth using a cassette deck. It uses a loop of cassette tape, and varies the pitch by changing the speed of the cassette motor. There’s an RP2040 and a ...
Interest in the 1980s and 1990s appears to be growing, as one staple of the period is seemingly making a comeback: the cassette tape. Artists like Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift seem to be ...
The first-ever NYC Tape Fair is Sunday at Selva, an art gallery and record store in Bushwick. More than a dozen vendors will be selling rare, vintage VHS and cassette tapes, along with a few new ones.