I think “mixed tape” refers to when you could take a cassette and record different songs onto it. Though I don’t remember how it was done unless you caught a song playing on the radio at just the right point. Using a novelty dial phone wouldn’t really count.
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 months ago
Mixed Tape
Does this mean a mix tape or is that something else? 🤨
Also: I’ve used a rotary phone, but only because I had bought a novelty modern phone that used a rotary dialer in the 90s.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Right, but that’s usually called a “mix tape”, not “mixed” unless that’s some kind of regional thing. I’ve never heard anyone call that a “mixed tape” before this post.
DBT@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You’d often see cassette players with two tape decks, so you could play one while recording with the other.
You could also record from radio, record player, or whatever else your stereo had. Boom boxes with two tape decks were fairly common.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 10 months ago
good explanation and it jarred my memory as to how it was done
Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 months ago
And if you were lucky you'd have a higher end stereo system that could fade in the sounds too. Combine that with a pause, you could avoid that jarring noise of starting and stopping recording between songs. Just had to find the stations that didn't have the DJs who talked halfway through the song intro.
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