audiotape

Audiotape is a type of magnetic tape used for recording and playing back sound. It comes on reels or in cassettes and stores audio signals as magnetic patterns. When you play the tape, a machine reads these patterns and converts them back into sound you can hear. Audiotape revolutionized audio recording and distribution, making it easy to capture voice, music, and other sounds. While digital formats have largely replaced audiotape in modern use, it remains important in the history of audio technology and is still appreciated by some enthusiasts for its unique sound quality.