In the 1990s cassette sales were falling just as their quality was improving. This video takes a look at some of the techniques used (including DIGalog) to make pre-recorded tapes sound better, with the hope of slowing their demise.

CORRECTIONS:
07:46 - "July 1992" (not July 2002)
07:55 - "August 1992" (not August 2002)

LINKS
A cassette Loader In action:    • Tapematic Audio Cassette Winding machine  

Recording onto tape using pulses sent to the record head:    • 555 timer class D amplifier and  tape...  
(CORRECTION: This video was one linked to in a discussion on this subject (which I don't really understand)..but it apparently shows something different - nothing to do with PCM pulses sorry)

US Recorded Music Sales Graph: goo.gl/Qn9YTR

Discussion of DIGalog on Tapeheads.net www.tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=16956

The clear tapes with red hubs came from tapeline.info/v2/
(But they've sold out of this colour now)

Duplication machine images from HDT duplicators
headlessduplicatedtapes.cz/
HDT are the largest manufacturer of audio cassette tapes in Europe.

My Previous Cassette Video:    • Cassettes - better than you don't rem...  

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