Collaborate Disseminate
Echo and reverb are now electronic audio effects done in a computer or an integrated circuit, but originally they were achieved through mechanical means. Reverb units used springs, and echo …read more Continue reading A Tape Loop Echo you Can Build
The benefit of 3D printers is that they have made it relatively easy to reproduce just about any little plastic thing you might happen to break. If you’re one of …read more Continue reading Mod, Repair and Maintain Your Cassette Tapes With 3D Printed Parts
While packing merch for a recent gig, I realised I had the opportunity to do something a little fun. I’d released an album on tape, and spent a little extra …read more Continue reading Wear Your Fave Cassette Tapes as a Necklace With This 3D Printed Adapter
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 …read more Continue reading Know Audio: Mixtapes, Tape Loops, And Razor Blades
At the beginning of the home computer revolution, the humble compact cassette was far and away the most popular choice for microcomputer data storage, especially on the European continent. As …read more Continue reading The Labor of Love That Is Recovering Lost Software
Sometimes we are vaguely aware of the inexorable march of technological progress. Other times it thrums steadily under the surface while we go about our lives. And sometimes, just sometimes, …read more Continue reading A Raspberry Pi-Packing Cassette Powers This ZX Spectrum Emulator
The audio cassette was the first music format that truly championed portability. It was robust, compact, and let people take music on the go to soundtrack their very lives. It …read more Continue reading Cassette Lamp Is A Throwback To The Pencil-Winding Glory Days
Variable-speed playback cassette players were already the cool kids on the block. How else are you going to have any fun with magnetic tape without ripping out the tape head and running it manually over those silky brown strips? Sure, you can change the playback speed on most players as …read more
Continue reading Reel in the Years with a Cassette Player Synth
My DEF CON Safe Mode badge just arrived in the mail this afternoon. The Vegas-based conference which normally hosts around 30,000 attendees every year has moved offline in response to the global pandemic, and the virtual event spins up August 6-9. Known for creative badges, North America’s most well-known infosec …read more
Continue reading Hands-On: The Pandemic DEF CON Badge is an Audio Cassette
The see-through electronics craze of the ’80s and ’90s clearly had an effect on [MisterM], and we can totally relate. Those candy-colored components inside undoubtedly launched a few thousand kids in the direction of electronics, as we can attest.
Though the odds seemed very much against him, [MisterM] was able …read more