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[Stephen Swaffer]

One thing I'll say for cassette tapes: there is no digital recording device made that is as easy to use as a portable analog tape recorder. 5 or 6 buttons, tactile display (the button that's down is the function that's active), no menus. I know a few 90+ year olds that still record to analog tape and hand it off to someone else to digitize. The idea of training them to use a digital device when they have no interest in learning new tech is pretty much foolishness.

Maybe an idea for a retro device?  Outside looks functions like a cassette player-inside is a media player-just plug in a USB stick and go.

[Milt Hathaway]

Sounds like it's getting close to time for me to get the cart machines out of "storage" and back to working order.

[Hayden J. Nebus]

If you can run a tape saturation plug in you can tell them that it's just as good as a cassette. 

I hear tape plugs are included in the new protools!
http://prufrockak.wix.com/protools13

[Steve Eudaly]

Casette tapes are still manufacturer by National Audio Company Inc.

The NAC factory is located a few blocks from my home in downtown Springfield, MO. Really great folks. I know a few musicians in town that work there and seem to really enjoy it.

In addition to blank media they also produce/duplicate projects you want printed to tape/CD/whatever. About five years ago a local band enlisted me to help them record/mix their next album. With NAC right here in town, they released the album on cassette with an accompanying digital download. We figured a lot of the people that would be buying the album were just as likely to listen to a cassette as a CD if all they wanted was the MP3 copy anyway, so why not have the added novelty of the tape. NAC's pricing was pretty fantastic, so it was cheap enough the band could sell the tape/digital download version for $5 each and still come out in the black. The tape duplication even included jewel cases and full color inserts.

So while I'm not sure how many people listened to their hard copies, I will say the NAC tapes sound pretty dang good.

[Jeff Bankston]

i see the phrase "gently used" on a lot of stuf for sale. what does gently used mean ?

[Mike Diack]

If you can run a tape saturation plug in you can tell them that it's just as good as a cassette. 

And you'll never need one of these...

[Hayden J. Nebus]

i see the phrase "gently used" on a lot of stuf for sale. what does gently used mean ?

That means the factory protective film was left on the display while it was dropped off the lift gate.

Or the classic
FS: Macrotech MA5000. Gently used.

[Jeff Bankston]

That means the factory protective film was left on the display while it was dropped off the lift gate.

Or the classic
FS: Macrotech MA5000. Gently used.

Oooohhhhhhhh ! 

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