tape recorder
Cassette playback device
A tape recorder is a device that records and plays back sound using magnetic tape.
The tape passes over heads that magnetize it during recording and read those magnetic patterns during playback.
Tape recorders dominated home and professional audio from the 1950s through the 1990s before digital recording displaced them: She found her father's old tape recorder in the attic.
Oral text for writing
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- dictaphoneAudio capture device for transcription
- interviewFormal questioning session
- oral historyRecorded interviews about the past
answering machine · bootleg · voice memo · lecture · courtroom · journalism · surveillance · language learning
Attracting iron or attention
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- reel-to-reelTape threading between spools
- ferriteMagnetic ceramic compound
- headsTop of bodies
capstan · motor · spools · bias · erase · track · azimuth · splicing
Return to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- stopCease all motion
- playRecreation or staged drama
eject · record button · volume knob · headphones · speaker · listen · deck · transport
Audio input device
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
- decibelsAcoustic intensity units
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- amplifyIncrease in strength
volume · fidelity · hi-fi · hiss · stereo · mono · noise reduction · Dolby
Longing for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- 1960sDecade after the fifties
1970s · mid-century · classic · old-fashioned · memorabilia · eight-track · transistor · portable
dictation
Oral text for writing
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- dictaphoneAudio capture device for transcription
- interviewFormal questioning session
oral history · answering machine · bootleg · voice memo · lecture · courtroom · journalism · surveillance · language learning · podcast
magnetic
Attracting iron or attention
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- reel-to-reelTape threading between spools
- ferriteMagnetic ceramic compound
heads · capstan · motor · spools · bias · erase · track · azimuth · splicing · demagnetize
rewind
Return to beginning
- fast-forwardAccelerated playback mode
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- stopCease all motion
play · eject · record button · volume knob · headphones · speaker · listen · deck · transport · controls
microphone
Audio input device
amplify · volume · fidelity · hi-fi · hiss · stereo · mono · noise reduction · Dolby · dynamic range
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- retroEvoking recent past
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- collectibleObject worth amassing
1960s · 1970s · mid-century · classic · old-fashioned · memorabilia · eight-track · transistor · portable · boombox
- audio equipmentspeakers, microphone, headphones, amplifier, amplifiers
- audio devicesmicrophone, mic, CD player, iPod, stereo
- vintage audiophonograph, gramophone, turntable, record player, reel-to-reel
- Vintage Householdicebox, washboard, wringer, butter churn, coal stove
- electromagnetic deviceselectromagnet, solenoid, transformer, inductor, relay
- tape musicsplicing, electroacoustic, looping, editing
tape recorderdigital recorder
Device storing audio electronically
streaming service · CD recorder · podcast app · hard drive recorder · vinyl record
tape recorderplayback device
Machine that reproduces media
speaker · amplifier · phonograph · tape player · boombox
tape recorderlive broadcast
Transmission happening right now
radio transmission · telephone · intercom · live performance
tape, recording, records, recorded, recorder, taped, taping, videotape, tape measure