how to make a cassette ver. 1

"As a lover of all things analog, this tee is very near and dear to my heart. If you're an audio nut that enjoys the cracks and pops of electricity dancing through magnetized polyester then this is for you."

- Airospace

features: 

front: 'how to make a cassette' graphic [designed by Airospace]

back: Airospace Polaroid

(as featured in Gallery Exhibition [Dalston UK] Nov-Dec 2023) 

shoulder: signature Airospace code + galaxia 002

 Compact Cassettes contain two miniature spools, between which the magnetically coated, polyester-type plastic film (magnetic tape) is passed and wound^[11]—essentially miniaturizing reel-to-reel audio tape and enclosing it, with its reels, in a small case (cartridge)—hence "cassette".^[12] These spools and their attendant parts are held inside a protective plastic shell which is 4 by 2.5 by 0.5 inches (10.2 cm × 6.35 cm × 1.27 cm) at its largest dimensions. The tape itself is commonly referred to as "eighth-inch" tape, supposedly 1⁄8 inch (0.125 in; 3.17 mm) wide, but actually slightly larger, at 0.15 inches (3.81 mm).^[13] Two stereo pairs of tracks (four total) or two monaural audio tracks are available on the tape; one stereo pair or one monophonic track is played or recorded when the tape is moving in one direction and the second (pair) when moving in the other direction. This reversal is achieved either by manually flipping the cassette when the tape comes to an end, or by the reversal of tape movement, known as "auto-reverse", when the mechanism detects that the tape has ended.

• • 100% ring-spun cotton
• • Fabric weight: 6.1 oz/yd² (206.8 g/m²)
• • Garment-dyed
• • Relaxed fit
• • 7/8″ double-needle topstitched collar
• • Twill-taped neck and shoulders for extra durability
• • Double-needle armhole, sleeve, and bottom hems
• • Blank product sourced from Honduras

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