Communication · 1935

Magnetic tape recording

AEG's Magnetophon records sound on coated plastic tape that can be edited and erased.

The German Magnetophon, shown in Berlin in 1935, recorded on iron-oxide-coated plastic tape; high-frequency bias in 1940 made it near studio quality. Tape transformed music production and radio, and the same principle stored computer data and video.

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