What Are 8-Track Tapes?
An eight-track magnetic tape is a hard plastic piece about the size of an external modem. It provides storage space for continuous non-digital voice data stored on the tape. Mostly used in home tape drives to make records.
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- Chinese name
- Eight track tape
- Foreign name
- eight-track tape
- Material
- Hard plastic sheet
- Function
- Provide storage space
- An eight-track magnetic tape is a hard plastic piece about the size of an external modem. It provides storage space for continuous non-digital voice data stored on the tape. Mostly used in home tape drives to make records.
- Eight-track tape (eight-track tape) is a hard plastic piece about the size of an external modem. It provides storage space for continuous non-digital voice data stored on the tape. Its inventor, William Powell Lear, patented the product, and a corresponding tape drive was created in 1963. Capable of holding 45 minutes of sound, it was known to the public in 1966. Due to the development of the home tape drive market, the music recording industry began to see hope. By the early 1970s, eight-track tapes had replaced the vinyl plastic LP dense-grain vinyl records that were mainly used for recording music. It was lightweight Plastic packaging wins, it's easier to carry than vinyl plastic records, and it doesn't bend and deform. In the 1980s, with the further development of tape technology and the reduction of noise, smaller compact tapes were produced, and by 1983, eight-track tapes were completely discontinued. Now, "eight tracks" is synonymous with "quickly outdated."
- Another way of saying is that in the mid-1960s, RCA invented the 8-track tape that can be used in cars. This invention immediately attracted the attention of many consumers who did not buy records before. American music Sales also skyrocketed from this period. In the early 1970s, a group of drug users who claimed to be "Downer" (compared to the traditional "Higher") found that listening to deafening heavy rock in cars driving at high speed was very helpful to achieve "state. This statement quickly spread to the audience and largely contributed to the popularity of heavy rock in the early 1970s. A number of heavy rock bands have benefited a lot, such as DeepPurple, BlackSabbath, and AC / DC. Their tape sales often account for more than 70% of total sales.