o MAGNETIC RECORDING
1. Oberlin Smith suggested the wire recorder (1888)
Valdemar Poulsen made first working model in 1898 History of Sound
o MAGNETIC RECORDING
2. First audio tape (paper/FeO) created by Fritz Pfleumer (1928)
3. Different mediums experimented with including a tungsten/steel strip
so dangerous it had to be housed separately from the operator,
a reel of tape for a half-hour program weighed 25 kg (55 lbs) History of Sound
o MAGNETIC RECORDING
4. Polyester replaced paper as substrate (1957)
5. Polyester tape found wide use in the music industry, easy to edit
6. Phillips introduced the 8-track cassette tape (1963)
gained popularity in car stereos History of Sound