• @Aceticon
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    2311 months ago

    You couldn’t just listen to the same music track on repeat - you had to rewind at the end before you could listen to it again.

    • @RightHandOfIkaros
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      811 months ago

      Interestingly, 8-Tracks didnt need to be rewound, they could keep continuously playing and it would loop back on its own.

      • @valkyre09
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        411 months ago

        Was there a pause while it re-wound the tape?

          • @chiliedogg
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            311 months ago

            I still use my old quadrphonic 8-track for my speaker amp, though the 8-track tapes themselves are all worn out.

            I keep “Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk” by Meco loaded in the player, but I haven’t tried playing it in years out of fear.

            It was neat though because the 4 channels were different layered tracks, so you could custom mix the music as it played using the quadraphics.