Microcassette
Sign in to saveThe Microcassette (often written generically as microcassette) is an analog audio cassette storage format, introduced by Olympus in 1969.
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- Microcassette
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- 250px
- Media.caption
- A Microcassette is significantly smaller than a Compact Cassette
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- Magnetic cassette tape
- Media.encoding
- Analog signal
- Media.capacity
- MC60 (30 min per side at 2.4 cm/s)MC10MC15MC30
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- Tape head
- Media.write
- Magnetic recording head
- Media.owner
- Olympus
- Media.use
- Dictation, audio storage
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- 1969-00-00
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The Microcassette (often written generically as microcassette) is an analog audio cassette storage format, introduced by Olympus in 1969.
It has the same width of magnetic tape as the Compact Cassette but in a cassette roughly one quarter the size. By using thinner tape and half or a quarter the tape speed, microcassettes can offer comparable recording time to the compact cassette but in a smaller package.
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