by Rev Tony Newnham » 17 Jun 2019 09:58
Hi
I think I've got a couple of pre-recorded open reel tapes lurking somewhere - not seen them for a while, so they're probably in a box
somewhere.
Talking about recording formats, there were 2 attempts to replace the compact cassette - Digital Audio Tape (DAT) by Sony, and another format by Phillips whose name escapes me at present. The Phillips one looked very similar to ordinary cassettes, and the players could replay them. DAT has more in common with video recording, the tapes are a little smaller than compact cassettes. It became a widely used professional format (I used it for a series of recordings of the Rye Wurlitzer that I made many years ago). I still have a handful of DAT tapes of things I've recorded, but no means of playing them.
Another failed format - again by Sony, was Elcassette. The tapes looked like overgrown compact cassettes, running at 3 3/4 ips (twice the speed of ordinary cassettes). Reputedly, the quality was very good. I saw a couple of decks in a shop back in the 1970's, but have never used one.
Every Blessing
Tony
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