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minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-28 days agoExcept for music. It is ok to mourn the loss of universal physical media for music.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoOnly if it’s vinyl or CD. The only thing in the pro column for any tape format is the kachunk of the buttons
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoNot true. Cassettes were super fun to record with, and you can do lots of fun analog production tricks with them.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoMini cds were never common or universial. CDs where. So were cassettes and vinyl. There were a lot of niche formats. 8track got really close to common, I will say they didn’t but someon should argue otherwise and you should consider their point.
minus-squareTurboWafflz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 days agomini cds are not minidiscs, this is a minidisc minidisc is a magneto-optical format, cd is just an optical format
minus-squaresem@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoHuh I always called the mini CDs minidiscs and was wrong
Except for music. It is ok to mourn the loss of universal physical media for music.
Only if it’s vinyl or CD. The only thing in the pro column for any tape format is the kachunk of the buttons
Not true. Cassettes were super fun to record with, and you can do lots of fun analog production tricks with them.
Mini cds were never common or universial. CDs where. So were cassettes and vinyl. There were a lot of niche formats. 8track got really close to common, I will say they didn’t but someon should argue otherwise and you should consider their point.
mini cds are not minidiscs, this is a minidisc
minidisc is a magneto-optical format, cd is just an optical format
Huh I always called the mini CDs minidiscs and was wrong