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How does a cassette work?

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A cassette tape is made out of a plastic material, coated with a substance that reacts to magnetic pulses. When it is being recorded to, the magnetic field alters the magentic substance of the tape, thereby recording it. When you wish to play it back, the motors spin the cassette reel, and the tape passes over what is called the tape head. The tape head uses inductors, and is affected by the field that is on the tape, there by producing sound. Sounds complicated, but it really isn't.

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