eight track
Looping tape format
Eight track refers to a magnetic tape format popular in the 1960s and 70s for playing music, named for its eight parallel audio tracks.
The cartridges were bulky and prone to problems—tape jams, abrupt song transitions when switching tracks.
My dad still has an eight track player in his garage.
Now largely a symbol of outdated technology.
Also spelled eight-track or 8-track.
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- tape deckMagnetic audio playback device
- stereoTwo-channel audio system
- home stereoStationary audio equipment
- cartridgeSealed container for supplies
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- 70sdisco, bell-bottoms, Saturday Night Fever, pet rock, leisure suits
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
- recording geardigital recorder, field recorder, portable recorder, handheld recorder, cassette recorder
- 70s RockLed Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, The Who
- eight thingsoctet, octave, octagon, octopus, byte
eight trackdigital download
Electronically obtained file
streaming · Spotify · digital audio · MP3 · CD
eight trackvinyl
Synthetic resin plastic
LP · compact disc · cassette · MP3 · streaming audio
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