Veteran or hipster: who used a cassette recorder to interview the Melbourne Cup winner?
Racing is known for it’s veteran reporters, but Dr Mumbo is very curious to know if the journo using the cassette recorder to interview Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne is a veteran or a hipster.
#MelbourneCup And they say Journalism is keeping up with the modern times.. #tape #recorder #dictaphone #retro pic.twitter.com/sJFtExcsYR
— Dunken K Bliths (@DunkenKBliths) November 3, 2015
Regardless, he hopes they are packing a pencil just in case.Dr Mumbo is curious if they also still own an eight-track? Update 4.40pm: Inevitably the image is already getting social media commentary with the folks from Buzzfeed immediately jumping in.
payne: is that a tape-casette recorder? journalist: a yeah payne: i know i got here by horse but it’s 2015 buddy pic.twitter.com/hxokpoDzqK
— Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) November 3, 2015
I still use tape recorders and have a collection! In some situations they are more reliable and have better audio pick-up than digital (which I also use). TDK cassettes are very hard to find now – that is the biggest issue. They were making desktop recorders up until at least 2009. I find some music acts geek out over them in face-to-face interviews so they are a good icebreaker. In fact, I have spoken to electronic musicians who collect tape recorders and use them in music production.
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^lol
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As long as he got the audio and it was broadcastable. Who cares?
I sometimes shoot film, I sometimes use magnetic tape for double system filming.
The tape is better quality than digital.
Granted it’s messy transferring to the editing system
But for the size etc. Better sound
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Thought the same thing while watching the interview. A cassette recorder?! Was waiting for the tape to jam, the inevitable wrestling with the eject button, followed by forcing the door open and tape spewing from the innards.
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I noticed that the Governor General also made mention of a global audience either listening to the race on the radio or watching it on their TV set! No mention of modern technology!
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They’d definitely have a pencil – as you need it to adjust the tension of the tape spool. And as Paul above mentioned, to recover from a tape spew. Look for the journalist with a cache of AAA batteries. They would either be very old or have a man-bun.
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