[78-L] the 'deadest' consumer audio formats?

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OK, makes sense I guess. I would have called it 1/2 track stereo (as 
opposed to 1/4 track stereo.

I have never encountered the use of this term before. Thanks

joe salerno


On 5/26/2011 3:05 PM, J. E. Knox wrote:
> Greetings from FixitLand!
>
> Joe Salerno wrote:
>
>> What is a full track stereo?
>
> That is a 1/4-inch stereo tape with two half-width tracks containing
> a stereo signal (or two mono signals) in only one direction; the tape
> has but one "side." Playing the tape from tail to head results in
> reversed audio. This is as opposed to a full-track tape with one mono
> signal in only one direction, a half-track tape which has one mono
> signal in each direction, or a quarter-track tape with one stereo
> signal (or two mono signals) in each direction.
>
> Take care,
>
>
> Joe
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