tape machine
Americannoun
noun
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another word for tape recorder
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US equivalent: ticker. a telegraphic receiving device that records messages electronically or on ticker tape
Etymology
Origin of tape machine
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The facility includes Paul’s original equipment, such as the first-ever multitrack Ampex tape machine and multitrack recording console, as well as a selection of Paul’s customized guitars, including his namesake model for Gibson.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
I didn’t realize I was making an album and there was something about the tape machine that kept me honest,” Urie says.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
As chance would have it, his elder brother was the singer in a band - so Stewart took his microphone, borrowed a reel-to-reel tape machine and made his first recording, of an Eurasian Blackbird.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2021
It's got shag pile carpets on the wall, and not set up for modern digital recording at all; there's an old tape machine.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2021
Ellsberg, feeling absurdly out of place, hurried behind with his date’s heavy tape machine.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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