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tacocat  ·  2228 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What was the original format war?

As far as audio and video formats, you might like this YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan

There have been some strange formats. People were recording sound on steel wire at one point. And I now own Star Wars on capacitive electronic disc because I recognized it from one of his videos when I was at Salvation Army





kleinbl00  ·  2228 days ago  ·  link  ·  

At one point?

Wire recorders were an industry standard. They're hella more durable than magnetic tape. I've played back wire recordings that were 50 years old.

tacocat  ·  2227 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They seemed to have a problem snapping from what I saw

kleinbl00  ·  2227 days ago  ·  link  ·  

don't get me started on tape

tacocat  ·  2227 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know tape snaps too. I just wanted to share a collection of obscure formats

kleinbl00  ·  2227 days ago  ·  link  ·  

'sall good yo. I just wanted to point out that for certain crusty audio people, wire recorders aren't some crazy thing.

I mean shit. I had a synth with fuckin' bubble memory.

tacocat  ·  2227 days ago  ·  link  ·  

But have you heard the White Album on wax cylinder?

kleinbl00  ·  2227 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No but I guess we just missed out on Once Upon a time in Shaolin.

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