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Microcassette

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The Microcassette (often written generically as microcassette) is an audio storage medium, introduced by Olympus in 1969. [1]

31 relations: Analog signal, Answering machine, Audio tape specifications, Compact Cassette, Computer data storage, Dictaphone, Dictation (exercise), Dictation machine, Digital data, Experimental music, Field recording, High fidelity, Human voice, Inch per second, Lo-fi music, Magnetic tape, Magnetism, Mini-Cassette, Music, NT (cassette), Olympus Corporation, Philips, Picocassette, Recording head, Second, Sony, Sound collage, Sound recording and reproduction, Stereophonic sound, Tape head, Underground music.

Analog signal

An analog signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature (variable) of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e., analogous to another time varying signal.

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Answering machine

The answering machine, answerphone or message machine, also known as telephone answering machine (or TAM) in the UK and some Commonwealth countries, ansaphone or ansafone (from a trade name), or telephone answering device (TAD), is used for answering telephones and recording callers' messages.

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Audio tape specifications

Since the widespread adoption of reel-to-reel audio tape recording in the 1950s, audio tapes and tape cassettes have been available in many formats.

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Compact Cassette

The Compact Audio Cassette (CAC) or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the cassette tape or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.

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Computer data storage

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media that are used to retain digital data.

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Dictaphone

Dictaphone was an American company founded by Alexander Graham Bell that produced dictation machines.

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Dictation (exercise)

Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken.

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Dictation machine

A dictation machine is a sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.

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Digital data

Digital data, in information theory and information systems, is the discrete, discontinuous representation of information or works.

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Experimental music

Experimental music is a general label for any music that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions.

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Field recording

Field recording is the term used for an audio recording produced outside a recording studio, and the term applies to recordings of both natural and human-produced sounds.

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High fidelity

High fidelity (often shortened to hi-fi or hifi) is a term used by listeners, audiophiles and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound.

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Human voice

The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, such as talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc.

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Inch per second

The inch per second is a unit of speed or velocity.

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Lo-fi music

Lo-fi (originally spelled low-fi and alternately called DIY) is an aesthetic of recorded music in which the sound quality is lower than the usual contemporary standards (the opposite of high fidelity) and imperfections of the recording and production are audible.

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Magnetic tape

Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film.

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Magnetism

Magnetism is a class of physical phenomena that are mediated by magnetic fields.

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Mini-Cassette

The Mini-Cassette, often written minicassette, is a magnetic tape audio cassette format introduced by Philips in 1967.

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Music

Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.

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NT (cassette)

NT is a digital memo recording system introduced by Sony in 1992, sometimes marketed under the name Scoopman.

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Olympus Corporation

is a Japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products.

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Philips

Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips, stylized as PHILIPS) is a Dutch multinational technology company headquartered in Amsterdam currently focused in the area of healthcare.

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Picocassette

Picocassette is an audio storage medium introduced by Dictaphone in collaboration with JVC in 1985.

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Recording head

A recording head is the physical interface between a recording apparatus and a moving recording medium.

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Second

The second is the SI base unit of time, commonly understood and historically defined as 1/86,400 of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each.

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Sony

is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo.

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Sound collage

In music, montage (literally "putting together") or sound collage ("gluing together") is a technique where newly branded sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage, also known as montage.

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Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.

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Stereophonic sound

Stereophonic sound or, more commonly, stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi-directional audible perspective.

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Tape head

A tape head is a type of transducer used in tape recorders to convert electrical signals to magnetic fluctuations and vice versa.

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Underground music

Underground music comprises musical genres beyond mainstream culture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcassette

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