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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They also retrieved Paul’s Ampex 5258 Sel-Sync multitrack tape machine, familiarly known as the Octopus, which sits alongside the console, and was the first-ever eight-track.
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
I’ve never complained about it, but for once he turned his tape machine off.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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