alt Hacker NewsTapes stretch. Tone and tempo changes. You can't easily play along the track anymore. Tapes also break. Some players mess up the tape too, destroying precious cassettes. These were actual practical problems way back.
Tapes stretch. Tone and tempo changes. You can't easily play along the track anymore. Tapes also break. Some players mess up the tape too, destroying precious cassettes. These were actual practical problems way back.
Just a couple months ago I converted to mp3 some cassettes I recorded in the very early 80s of a local band. Not perfect audio, but sounded quite good still. Not bad for a ~45 year old tape.