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tape machine

NOUN
video cassette recorder
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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.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 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

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

The band upped the dread on their second album, D.O.A, but discovered a more accessible side on 1979's 20 Jazz Funk Greats, recorded on a tape machine they had borrowed from Paul McCartney.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2020

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