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Would the Micro-cassette be worth mentioning perhaps as a sub-species? The format is still in production. What about the short lived Elcaset? http://home.claranet.nl/users/pb0aia/cm/elcaset/index.html Holiday cheers! Corey Corey Bailey Audio Engineering At 02:24 PM 12/30/2009, you wrote: >And when we look beyond U.S. borders, the cassette remains crucial >in a lot of countries, in a variety of contexts. > >Best, >Kyle > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List on behalf of >Timothy Wisniewski >Sent: Wed 12/30/2009 4:24 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Media Timeline - Historical Assistance Please > >I agree with Jack. The cassette is still alive as a niche format, not >just for radio programs, but also it continues to be a popular format >with small-run independent labels, particularly those of the >experimental, "noise", and "lo-fi" varieties. For reasons both >aesthetic and practical, some find the format preferable to CDR for >small-run releases. I suspect these small-run labels are among the >main constituents keeping the few bulk cassette suppliers left in >business. > >Tim > >On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:42 PM, jack palmer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I wonder about the cassette tape use. Many radio shows are still > copied and sold in that format although MP3s are taking over a lot > of it now. I would say it was still a niche use. At least for > another year or so. > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Richard L. Hess <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Sent: Tue, December 29, 2009 4:36:33 PM > > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Media Timeline - Historical Assistance Please > > > > Hello, All! > > > > Happy New Year! > > > > I was helping my older son (the budding musician) with a school > project and I tried to find a good timeline of audio recording > media for CONSUMER DELIVERY and I realized that it is more > difficult to create than it initially appears. > > > > What I really would like to see are date ranges for > > Development (which can involve limited commercialization) > > Major Factor > > Dominant Format > > Decline of Format > > Niche application of Format > > End of Format > > > > Not all formats would have all dates. > > > > I see this ultimately as a coloured bar chart with hotter colours > as it is used more. > > > > I would like to address (at least) the following formats. I have > Developed and Ended dates for all of them (any corrections would be > appreciated). I use 2025 to mean "ongoing" as it makes the math > easier and these will run off the right side of the chart. > > > > Here is what I'm hoping for (and these are guesstimates). Note > that all dates are not required for each format. See the LP for a > completely filled sequence. > > > > Should I start with sheet music? ? ? > > > > Cylinder Developed 1877 Ended 1931 > > Acoustical 78s Developed 1897 Ended 1931 > > Electrical 78s Developed 1924 Ended 1962 > > **Long Play 33 Developed 1948 Major 1952 Dominant 1955 Decline > 1980 Niche 1990 Ended 2025 > > Single 45 Developed 1949 Ended 1990 > > 2-track reel Developed 1953 Ended 1960 > > 4-track cart Developed 1956 Ended 1965 > > 4-track reel Developed 1958 Major 1963 Decline 1970 Ended 1980 > > cassette Developed 1963 Major 1970 Dominant 1978 Decline 1993 > Niche 2002 Ended 2008 > > 8-track cart Developed 1965 Major 1968 Decline 1978 Ended 1988 > > CD Developed 1982 Major 1986 Dominant 1990 Decline 2006 Ended 2025 > > DCC Developed 1992 Ended 1996 > > MD Developed 1992 Major 1995 Decline 2000 Ended 2009 > > Digital Downloads Developed 1994 Major 1999 Dominant 2006 Ended 2025 > > > > Another way of showing this (and more difficult in Excel) would > be to have the width of the line indicate the relative dominance of > a format on a given date. I don't think we have enough data to do > that for all of these. > > > > Whatever dates any of you would like to modify or add, I would > appreciate it. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] > > Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX > > Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm > > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes. > > > > > >-- >Timothy Wisniewski, M.L.I.S. > >Visual Materials Archivist >Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives >Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions >5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 235 >Baltimore, MD 21209