how does music get onto a cassette tape?
- Written by: Christopher Wenn, Tutor in Production (Technical), The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockHow does music get onto a cassette tape? — Paul, age 9, Adelaide
Hi Paul!
That’s a great question. To answer it very briefly, music is recorded onto a cassette tape using electricity and a magnetic field. Now let me explain what I mean by that.
Sound gets turned into electricity
Imagine you’re singing into a microphone...