Microcassette
The Microcassette (often written generically as microcassette) is an audio storage medium, introduced by Olympus in 1969.
A Microcassette is significantly smaller than a Compact Cassette | |
| Media type | Magnetic cassette tape |
|---|---|
| Encoding | Analog signal |
| Capacity | MC60 (30 min per side at 2.4 cm/s) MC10 MC15 MC30 |
| Read mechanism | Tape head |
| Write mechanism | Magnetic recording head |
| Developed by | Olympus |
| Usage | Dictation, audio storage |
It has the same width of magnetic tape as the Compact Cassette but in a cassette roughly one quarter the size. By using thinner tape and half or a quarter the tape speed, microcassettes can offer comparable recording time to the compact cassette but in a smaller package.
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