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Strawberry Switchblade fansiteLoving the <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/cassunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cassunday</a> hashtag on other platforms, hoping it catches on here too. Great to see celebration of the dinky plastic format. Once tiny players with headphones came out in the early 1980s, the medium came into its own. You could take music with you anywhere you went. Here's the UK cassette of Strawberry Switchblade's album from 1985.<a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/cassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cassette</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/strawberryswitchblade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strawberryswitchblade</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/MusicCassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MusicCassette</a> <a href="https://musicworld.social/tags/compactcassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compactcassette</a>

Dendrobatus AzureusA Couple of hours ago somebody asked me how you would go about digitizing a cassette tape.In the short run it's simple if you are Sound Engineer like me:* you take a Dual Channel passive direct-box * you take an output cable which goes from RCA to quarter inch plugs * you insert those in the direct box * you pull two XLR cables to your mixing consoleFrom your mixing console you send the analog audio from the subgroups outputs to one of your many digitizers and you're done.For a home user there's a challenge; the home user first needs to get a working cassette deck, most Engineers who have been in the profession for years have at least one or two of them. Some Engineers even still have Quarter inch tape decks in running condition.So the home user will need to buy a brand new cassette deck which has a USB output which is in fact a built-in simple digitizer.I have a check for those, because I do not wish to play my retro cassettes again, even though they are in perfect condition. Compact cassette always sounded low quality to me.So in conclusion, you need a running cassette deck with demagnetized Heads, new belts, a pre amp and a digitizer, then you can digitize your analog cassette tape <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/RetroAudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroAudio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Audio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/AnalogTape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnalogTape</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/demagnetizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demagnetizer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/directBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#directBox</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/CompactCassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CompactCassette</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/TDK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TDK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/HighBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HighBias</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Metallica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metallica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/MasterOfPuppets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MasterOfPuppets</a>

IT NewsBuilding A Cassette Deck Controller To Save a Locked Out Car Stereo - Cars have had DRM-like measures for longer than you might think. Go back to the 19... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/building-a-cassette-deck-controller-to-save-a-locked-out-car-stereo/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2024/07/09/building-a-cassette-deck-controller-to-save-a-locked-out-car-stereo/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/compactcassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compactcassette</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mischacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mischacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cassette</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tapedeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tapedeck</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tape</a>

Em-squaredI'm giving <a href="https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Flipboard</a> a try out in the hope that this will eventually become a feed on the fediverse. For now it's a magazine on Flipboard about cassette culture, the history, the aesthetics and highlighting artists who are offering their music on this resurging analogue physical format. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cassettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cassettes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CassetteCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CassetteCulture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#analog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/analogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#analogue</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CompactCassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CompactCassette</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FutureFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FutureFediverse</a>Cassette Culture<a href="https://flipboard.com/@emsq2/cassette-culture-sgsvroiiz?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=curator_share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flipboard.com/@emsq2/cassette-culture-sgsvroiiz?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=curator_share</a>

IT NewsHere’s The Norwegian Tape Deck Teardown You’ve Been Waiting For - “They just don’t build ’em like they used to” is a truer statement every year. Whe... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/05/15/heres-the-norwegian-tape-deck-teardown-youve-been-waiting-for/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2024/05/15/heres-the-norwegian-tape-deck-teardown-youve-been-waiting-for/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homeentertainmenthacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeentertainmenthacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/compactcassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compactcassette</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cassettedeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cassettedeck</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/teardown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teardown</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cassette</a>

root42Tribute <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/arecordeveryday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arecordeveryday</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CompactCassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CompactCassette</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/keithjarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#keithjarrett</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ECM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ECM</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jazz</a>One weird fact: the album comes on CrO2 tape according to the label. But the type II notches are missing? I checked, the tape IS dark black. So should be genuine CrO2.

D☆☆n<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HappyBirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HappyBirthday</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CompactCassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CompactCassette</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CassetteTape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CassetteTape</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AudioCassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AudioCassette</a>

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