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WIRE
RECORDINGS Replacing home-recording discs in the 1940's were wire recordings. Although primitive by today's standards, wires had greatly improved recording time and fidelity compared to disc recording. |
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ALUMINUM
RECORDS Before acetate discs came into widespread use, aluminum discs were used, the groove cut directly into the metal. Too soft for normal needles, the stylus to play them was a cactus thorn. Click on the record to hear an aluminum disc, a 1930's radio broadcast. |
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SOUNDSCRIBER Soundscriber machines were another dictation device used in the 1940's and 1950's before dictation equipment started using magnetic media. The sound quality is not quite as good as dictabelt recordings. Click on the picture to hear a Soundscriber sample. |
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MOHAWK
MIDGETAPE These unusual tapes were the forerunner to the modern 8-track cartridge tape. As with many "novelty" formats of the 1950's, they were used primarily as dictation devices, but their small size made them useful to detectives. One cartridge could yield over an hour of recording time, making them far more convenient than wire recorders. |
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NORECLO
CARTRIDGE Another oddball dictation format from the early 1960's, and a great improvement in quality over "stylus" type dictation machines. Unpopular and short-lived, there aren't many around anymore. Click picture to hear a sample. |
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