Editor's take: YouTuber Kris Slyka recently revisited the concept behind an odd piece of kit that toy maker Fisher-Price put out way back in the 80s. In short, he was able to figure out how to record ...

It has been a long time since we stored software and computer data on audiotape. But it used to be the de facto standard for hobby computers and [Noel] has a great video about the Amstrad’s system ...

National Audio remains the only US producer of magnetic tape for audio cassettes The cassette tape was king until the compact disk or CD passed it in 1991. One Ozarks business never lost faith in the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — For people of a certain age, cassette tapes bring back a lot of memories -- from your first mix-tape from a significant other, to the unbelievable frustration of trying to tape a broken ...

If you’re nostalgic for Walkmans and boom boxes, or dream about the good old days of making mix tapes, now is your time. Cassette tapes are back, baby. Sales of the retro recordings have skyrocketed ...

According to an undated letter distributed on Twitter by a small record label in Illinois, the largest audio cassette tape manufacturer in the United States has faced a materials shortage for most of ...

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine ...

Lou Ottens, who put music lovers around the world on a path toward playlists and mixtapes by leading the invention of the first cassette tape, has died at age 94, according to media reports in the ...

Digital Audiobooks have been enjoying double digit sales increases for the past four years and in the past eight months the format generated over $336 million dollars and at the some point last year ...

In our no-nonsense journey through the world of audio technology we’ve so far have looked at digital audio and the vinyl disk recording. What’s missing? Magnetic tape, the once-ubiquitous recording ...

Once seen as a musical relic, audio cassettes have survived the eras of CDs and streaming to win over music lovers of a new generation. That’s in large part thanks to the National Audio Company in ...

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts and retro gamers looking for a project to keep themselves busy this weekend may like to take inspiration from this awesome ZX Spectrum computer built inside an audiocassette.