Manufacturing the Music

Like vinyls and record players, cassette tapes are an older music technology intended for audio storage. Cassette tapes are even more obsolete compared to record players, but, who knows, perhaps in a few years it will become trendy to walk around listening to cassette players. Thinking of cassette tapes makes me remember listening to audiobooks such as Hank the Cowdog, or songs like Puff the Magic Dragon, as a kid. The cassette tape uses magnetism to store and play music and really began a revolution on the storage of data. Previously, only external hard drives could be used to store large amounts of data on the computer, but these were generally even more expensive than the computer itself. The tape used in the cassette is a thin plastic coated with ferric oxide powder, an oxide of iron, which is ferromagnetic (Nave). When placed in a magnetic field, this iron oxide can become permanently magnetized. The tape can also be played on either side, A or B, so the cassette can be turned a

Despite being generally thought of as outdated technology, there is a huge trend in the purchase and use of vinyl mediums of music. Some claim that vinyl sounds better compared to digital formats due to more depth of sound and musical detail, while others are mostly interested in it for the nostalgia or a different experience while listening to music compared to simply pressing shuffle on their phone. Other groups of people are just into it because its 'retro' and a cool thing to have. Several of my friends have record players and routinely buy new albums and, despite not having a record player myself, I often spend time browsing through old records at thrift stores. How Does a Turntable Work? - Science Channel Record players have no rewind or shuffle button and can play music for about 25 minutes before needing to flip or replace the vinyl disc. Unlike most data-storing technologies used today, records store music mechanically, not electronically. The discs are made