tape machine

noun

1. a tape recorder.

tape machine

noun

1. another word for tape recorder

2. US equivalent: ticker. a telegraphic receiving device that records messages electronically or on ticker tape

Word History and Origins

Origin of tape machine¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

The kit, including part of a mixing desk and two Revox tape machines, will go on show to coincide with the band's sold-out final show at Birmingham's Villa Park in July.

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An Ampex expert from Canada broke down the tape machines and then rebuilt them from the ground up, exactly as they were when Paul used them.

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I put the computer on as a tape machine, press record, play for an hour, then stop and listen to what I’ve got.

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Although ABC’s studio could be rebuilt from original plans, the devices — walkie-talkies, phones, tape machines, all state-of-the-art technology then — couldn’t be replicated if they were to be used accurately onscreen.

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Burnett told me he captured the session on a restored Nagra tape machine as well as a digital recorder.

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