Digital files are a blessing and a curse. Sounds can be easily recorded and transferred and the files require less and less space. But the problem, Brylawski said, is they must be constantly ...

David Shapton on why vinyl is not the only game in town when it comes to vintage audio formats. Nobody could have missed the revival of vinyl records. It’s way more than just a fad—it’s a movement.

Macworld forum visitor Suenaga reacts to a recent entry regarding ripping audiobook CDs for playback on an iOS device with a question: Any advice on doing the same with audio cassettes? I have dozens ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — As normal live seems to be paused during this pandemic, home projects are suddenly getting a lot of time and attention. That can include coming across an old pile of media we don ...

Since Sony introduced DAT (digital-audio tape) in 1987, it has been the preferred format option of many journalists, musicians, and live-concert and lecture-audience members, who want to capture a ...

Having a fondness for old and obscure audio and video media formats, [Techmoan] recently revisited the Philips Digital Compact Cassette (DCC) format introduced in 1992. Despite being billed as the ...

Although CDs have been prevalent for nearly twenty years, audio has remained mostly analog, with the digital music on the CD being converted to analog inside the CD player and taken through analog ...