A cassette tape player with Dolby NR in a Windows 10 PC

[@Skawo]

Windows backwards compatibility is really quite impressive at times.

[@MarquisDeSang]

Sadly it is not compatible with modern software. Windows is 15 years behind macOS, iOS, Linux…

[@dennisp.2147]

Provided you have NTVDM enabled, Windows 3.0 programs from as early as 1990 will install in a 32 bit version of windows 10, natively.

[@Skawo]

@@dennisp.2147 Indeed.

[@hughjanus6975]

@@dennisp.2147 Since when

[@hughjanus6975]

@@dennisp.2147 I had a monopoly disc made for Windows 95 that I searched high and low for methods to get running under Windows 10 I eventually used a VM

[@sswc79]

I was the engineer who repaired this product. It's a new feeling to see it after so much time has passed.

[@CCarlquist]

Just got one, only the device itself (no cables or audio board). Planning to connect it throughout the P2 output into the desktop sound board, will that work? Thanks a lot!!!

[@sswc79]

@@CCarlquist Modification is required to input sound output to the sound card without an audio board. This is possible by finding the sound output part of the P2 and connecting it directly to a cable, etc.

[@ProjectGeek1]

'If you're here you've probably already seen LGR's video....' Get out of my head!

[@wolfeadventures]

I just realized these videos about cassette decks has nothing to do with the hardware, but are simply a vehicle to showcase the most rare, eclectic tapes I have ever heard, and it’s fantastic!

[@RealEpikCartfrenYT]

The mechanism is made by Tanashin, judging by that part number. Its model appears to be TN-717. The higher w&f when playing in reverse is likely due to extra load on the motor. it doesn't seem to be a particularly high-torque motor. Either that or the drive belt(s) may be loose.

[@Retroaria]

A very nice project: made upgrades and corrections on this player.

[@BilisNegra]

Interesting. Don't think there are any problems with the belts though. For the kind of performance you would expect from a device like this, it's not a significant difference and the results when the machine was new would probably have been similar.

[@juliedunken1150]

@@chloedevereaux1801 👌 👌 👌 👌 ✅ ✅ I am glad you recognize this , so many do not know our work i am second class engineer at tanashin

[@Vontux]

Techmoan is an expert on cassette mechanisms, somebody should send him this player with those suggestions.

[@goodiesguy]

While I've already seen LGR's and RMC's videos on these, I always enjoy your videos, as you go into the more technical aspects of it and how to get the best out of it.

[@Twitch_Moderator]

Noise Reduction was an incredible technology. Just as crucial as auto-stop when rewinding or fast-forwarding between tracks.

[@audvidgeek]

I wonder why Dolby has pulled all licensing for cassette decks. Doesn't seem like it would hurt them to let it continue

[@Intelwinsbigly]

@@audvidgeek Because the founder died and it wasnt profitable.

[@stevenzagony6187]

I finally got DDi Codec installed and I'm having a total blast with it. it's awesome! I've been looking for a software version of Dolby NR for quite sometime to decode cassette rips that I've had for a long time, works great! I especially like the azimuth correction feature being the decks that I ripped them from were not always spot on. Highly recommended! Thanks VWestlife😀

[@DJPenguino51]

You and me both! I had no idea there was a software implementation of Dolby NR until this video came across my feed.

[@Narayan_1996]

This device would be very nice to have inside my PC, so I wouldn't have to use my main double deck to copy tapes to digital for my friends (BUT they give me the tapes for my collection as "payment", and I am happy with it). Awesome video as always, very well explained and catching my attention to every single second of it ♥

[@yootoober2009]

This device is actually just a separate cassette player inside a windows xp or older pc..

[@Narayan_1996]

@VWestilife check this spam comment here, I guess you would like to report it hahahaha

[@DMadHacks]

Can't wait for the Windows 10 8-track player.

[@lasskinn474]

You order it from wish and you get a windows 8 track player

[@bsadewitz]

@@lasskinn474 It was so obvious, yet I didn't see it. Well done.

[@MrHack4never]

You might be joking, but tape-based computer data storage is very much still a thing

[@RetroMechanic]

You need to make it your own.. not so difficult =) you need 8-track player that is small.. and 5.25" 1.44MB disk ricer. And lot of positive energy =)

[@cs8712]

I have a Windows 8 10-track player

[@TriangIe]

I’m actually a very frequent user of the PlusDeck 2c, and I had no awareness of the DDi Codec software, with my biggest frustration often not being able to enjoy my Dolby B tapes to their full potential. You’re a lifesaver.

[@nenadnikodijevic1695]

DDI Codec also offers VST Plugin, which can be used in any DAW, it's contains only compander without other stuff, but that is enought when digitize some stuff, to had more comfort inside DAW

[@meandmyEV]

AM Stereo! My first job in radio was at an AM station in the 90s and we received an NAB AM Stereo demo tape and I listened to it over and over again because the production quality was the best I had ever heard (I was a massive radio nerd). I wish I had kept it or could find it online. It started off with a few seconds of War of the Worlds broadcast and then there was a big sweeper sound to the really clean sound of new AM stereo technology. Anyway, I went searching for more information on AM stereo and found your video of the Harris AM stereo demo record you made 12 years ago. I believe the tape I had was when NAB was announcing that C-QUAM was going to be the standard for AM Stereo.

[@vwestlife]

I believe that was part of the AMAX campaign. I played one of the AMAX promos in either my video about the Harris C-Quam exciter or the CRL Amigo AM audio processor.

[@aworminmybook8234]

you should also check out the series that shango066 is doing now about am stereo. he just got a prototype motorolla c-quam radio working.

[@vwestlife]

@@aworminmybook8234 I know, I sent him that radio.

[@montech5647]

@@vwestlife could the Recording version of this PC Deck outperform a Nak Dragon, with all the software you showed us in this video? Thank y0u.

[@vwestlife]

@@montech5647 No.

[@windowsfan95]

Fun Fact: With the newest Optiplex machines, you can still buy them with a built-in/on-board serial port as an optional extra.

[@jamesslick4790]

Optiplex machines are popular in business, so support for "legacy" gear is a "plus point".

[@juliedunken1150]

@@jamesslick4790 optuplex are not made anymore, alibaba rippffs

[@alextirrellRI]

The 'card' he added isn't a card -- it just plugs into that optional port on the motherboard -- so one can effectively add that option with the same third party 'card'. In general, it's still pretty easy to find other serial adapters -- via USB or even PCI-E. I was looking for a different kind of card and stumbled across a PCI-E card with 2 serial ports and I found that amusing.

[@MVVblog]

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! The sound quality rocks, incredible for such a device!

[@shiva_MMIV]

It seems there's a good quality mecanism inside that unit, which means the company that made it intended it as a useable product and not as a novelty. Nice.

[@Varangian_af_Scaniae]

"good quality mecanism inside that unit" When this unit was made, the mechanism could have been low cost. Can't compare to the crap made today.

[@vwestlife]

@@Varangian_af_Scaniae Its performance is about the same as the TEAC and TASCAM decks made today, although they feature support for high-bias tape and DNR, while the Plus Deck does not.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

I'd assume it was original intended for a car cassette player.

[@kvmoore1]

It is a pretty cool device. I didn't even know a cassette player made for a computer drive bay even existed until I saw this video. It looks like a convoluted process getting it to work though provided you have a desktop with an extra drive bay to begin with. I have a lot of old cassettes with recordings of some music that I've created on them from the late 90's-early 2000's that I want to digitize and preserve. I might just try to hunt down a good reliable regular cassette player with a line output. That can be a challenge today because today's cassette decks are not built with as good quality of components as the vintage ones and the vintage cassette decks are so old that they could have mechanical issues with them such as the motor or belts, let alone a good tech who is still available these days to fix them or even be able to find parts for them. The last thing I want is a unreliable cassette player eating up my priceless tapes containing my irreplaceable recordings.

[@stereophonicstuff]

I really want one now. Echoing what others have said, I’m amazed the software and remote control abilities work under Windows 10. If only my desktop had an open 5.25” bay available… my card reader may have to find somewhere else to call home!

[@ibsoftware799]

This video shows at 5:49 and 10:49 a good example of "skeuomorph design" for the GUI of DDi Codec software, this kind of design was very popular in the 90's and 2000's (winamp, and most of audio/video player), the render of vu-meters made by DDi Codec software is really good. Flat design has now became dominant for GUI since the 2010's (windows 8, android, smartphones), it's very rare now to see skeuomorph design. At 22:12 another example of skeuomorph design.

[@MisterYeko]

good to see it's possible for modern owners when they still have cassets. i don't own cassetes tapes but i know them since i was kid. but i like this sort of content when old equipment such as Displays or drive works with modern devices. i really like that stuff to see possibilities.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

It's very easy to digitize audio - it's a much simpler, cheaper process to get high quality than analog video. You can buy extremely cheap 'UVC' AV to USB capture devices(so-so for video, but more than good enough for audio), and just plug in a cable from a normal cassette player. Or to a small handheld recorder.

[@MisterYeko]

@@DoubleMonoLR well with Capture Device really depends on how you're using it. for gaming viewing or recording it. i use the Elgato HD60S, which is atleast the accurate option to play Video games but i don't record it much, so i use it for Discord screen share. if the capture card has input lag to the gameplay view, it should be recommended for recording footage. i will assume some poeople with elgato capture devices are also using it to digitalize movies from VHS, DVD or BluRay. eventho when the format has the lowest and higher quality. Techmoan for example also use Elgato game Capture devices but he'll use it to digitalize the VHS tape or even his last video about his recording into the capture card.

[@ceticobr]

The meeting of modern and vintage technologies can be so satisfying. If I could tell my younger self of all the cool stuff VWestlife discovers he would be very excited.

[@norcal715]

That AM Stereo sounds great! Wish it would have stuck around. I still listen to an AM station that pays 80's music, about 50 miles from me and only 5KW, still love the sound of AM radio.

[@RussKnize]

I still have one of these in my Windows 98 PC. I've been surprised that I've never had to do anything to it other than run a cleaning tape through it a few times. I may have to pick up that software at some point as it looks a lot better than the ancient stuff i use for wow&flutter calibration.

[@bbmousedoowop]

I had one of these in a custom made desktop back in the 90s. It was the older record capable version and I recall being totally confused as to where to connect the wires in the back. It worked fine once I finally figured it out.

[@UnderEu]

That’s why I got back into the cassette thing: the possibilities we get from many different equipment and techniques, alongside the sound which is the most impressive part to me, is really awesome! Even not having a desktop PC and having really good decks with way more features than these in my possession, I want that unit in my collection :D

[@shadowopsairman1583]

Just too bad it can't be used for Tape backup of media from pc.

[@Nickword1]

Man i have 2 cassette videos going viral on my facebook right now and all it shows is people really really love cassettes out there. specially in other countries like Indonesia.

[@James_Ryan]

Yep, saw LGR's video, but yours is more interesting and authentic - I find LGR's presentation of things freakishly weird...

[@azwris]

The test tapes' content is pure fun. And being from Greece, I had to tell you that the Odysseus parody made me laugh a lot. This is a very nice video and plenty of knowledge is shared. Thank you!

[@thelegalsystem]

This is the first time I'm hearing of this tape player. My dad would have loved this when he was digitizing all his tapes, but something tells me whatever setup he was using probably got a better sound quality.

[@anameofsomesort959]

I just watched this on Odysse again this morning for no real reason, and now it's finally on YT. Guess a 3rd time won't hurt.

[@KanawhaCountyWX]

Nice to see that you were finally able to put this out on KZbin

[@stephenronan7072]

Your video plays on my Dolby Atmos rear speakers as well. Bonus 👍

[@Ale.K7]

I'm amazed at how good it sounds.

[@DoubleMonoLR]

Cassettes can sound excellent, for a good recording you'd struggle to tell the difference from CD in many situations.

[@Ale.K7]

@@DoubleMonoLR I know, it's not the sound quality of the cassettes what surprised me, but the sound quality of the Plusdeck 2c 🙂

[@ninjabluewings]

Have never seen this very handy little device before, didn't know these even existed

[@VladoT]

John Moschitta audiobook tape??? This is AWESOME!!!

[@jamesslick4790]

I lack a PC with any open 5.25" half high bays. so my cassettes (and O.R.s) will still have to be imported via external tape decks, But I will be getting that software! (both!) I was unaware such marvelous things existed! 👍😊👍Thanks for introducing them!

[@0386rm]

Very informative video. I have one of these Plusdeck 2C devices that I will be installing into an HP computer. I'll be referencing this video along the way.

[@OFFICIALDJFLASHBACK]

The song at 15:44 on the Chrysler tape is called "Vogue Craze" by Curtis Schwartz. It's from 1991. At first listen, it sounds like a Dub mix of Madonna's "Vogue", but it's a nice House demo song that they used to showcase ISI.

[@Kifter1983]

That's a really nice little high quality device and with the software, extremely versatile and capable too!

[@sonic2000gr]

To get to the "Listen" option you have to use the old control panel in Windows 10 (and 11, for that matter). So much for Windows moving forward...

[@vadnegru]

Can't say about 11, but you can get there in 10 by right click on speaker icon on taskbar and choosing "Sounds". And then its like in the video.

[@bobblum5973]

@@vadnegru I've used command line shortcuts in scripts and desktop shortcuts before to launch a specific control panel with a particular tab active. *Playback:* control.exe mmsys.cpl,,0 *Recording:* control.exe mmsys.cpl,,1 *Sounds:* control.exe mmsys.cpl,,2 *Communications:* control.exe mmsys.cpl,,3 Running SndVol.exe pops up the sound Volume Mixer.

[@bobblum5973]

*I just reported one of those fake "Telegram" posts saying I'd won a prize and asking me to collect it. Don't fall for it!*

[@madhardcorenick]

I knew this will be up your ally when I first saw it on RetroManCave channel. Glad you did a video about it!

[@alliejr]

I don't watch LGR... but I swear this is a re-upload. Did I dream of watching this video before it's release today?

[@pablorai769]

You must have watched it on Odysee

[@vwestlife]

I posted it on Odysee when I was fighting a copyright claim on this video on KZbin. That claim has now been removed.

[@alliejr]

Oh. Right. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@audvidgeek]

has really good wow/flutter for what looks like a garden-variety logic-control Tanashin mechanism like what was used in most better car audio decks in the mid and late 90's.

[@ababab28]

NAK T-100 is an AWESOME piece of software, I use it all the time.

[@vertujoe2886]

Hello, VWest. May I suggest that the Dell's Part Number is on the sticker always in the format like" P/N: 0xxxxx" and x is either a number or a letter. As for this specific model, that should be dell F6VNT or 0F6VNT. Hope this will help: )

[@UnderEu]

His name is Kevin

[@blarggggg]

That’s a Dell 0GRY5H adapter, for those who want one. Dell’s part numbers generally are prepended by “DP/N”

[@swrzesinski]

Actually I wrote same thing before I've realised somebody else noticed it ;)

[@orcue70]

Took me to 2000 when I would record mp3s I downloaded on Napster to record to my Sony boombox with an auxiliary cable going from soundcard in my pc to the auxiliary line in to my boom box pressing record on my blank cassette inside the tape deck.

[@hughjanus6975]

I saw this on ebay a couple years ago. I passed on it. I had a weird feeling it would turn into this kind of viral thing that's impossible to find. Oh well. At least now I'm glad I didn't have to buy one to find out what it's like.

[@damian9303]

yeah, it’s just like having a car radio inside your computer

[@wblynch]

There’s one on eBay now with an insane price. You have te really, really want it at $500 buy it now.

[@1Chitus]

Pretty impressive product. And since the software that comes with it works perfectly on a modern PC it is just as useful now as it was in the 90's.

[@thevacdude]

As always, thanks for the video, Kevin.

[@rillloudmother]

I remember those multi colored memorex tapes. My high school science teacher gave me my first Wes Montgomery album on one of those.

[@CicadaMania]

I have a paranoid fantasy that one day I'll be at an Estate Sale in in New Jersey and we both end up fighting over the same piece of arcane technology. Just say "I'm, VWestlife" and you win.

[@madyogi6164]

With that passion to tapes, you make entire new generation of pencil enthusiasts get born soon... 👋

[@vwestlife]

You mean Bic pen enthusiasts, unless they're in Japan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJK2f2eAaMaSbJI

[@Rick_Todd]

Best Plusdeck 2c Video Ever

[@pristbaiser9443]

wonderful ! The color issue could be solved by disassembling and painting a matt black on the white part.

[@repatch43]

Dammit! I wish you had the unit that records! Then you could save files and programs to tape just like the VIC20! :) Fantastic video!

[@govorit]

man, this is awesome! i found that program (software decoder) like a week ago and now you made a review on it! p.s. is there any alternatives for that test tapes? they are pretty expensive =(

[@vwestlife]

People are selling homemade test tapes on eBay, although the accuracy of them is not always as good as the professionally-made ones.

[@sindobrandnew]

3:14 That's some nice idea, I just want 5.25' diskette for windows 10 though 😘

[@stanislavdaganov574]

The recordings of the calibration, from the tape, from the 1990s, were clearly better than the recording of the voice of the video maker (it was clearly at lower definition, which I found, because I use big sensitive headphones, no loud speakers), meaning that he has to also replace his digital camera, or microphone, or whatever he uses to record himself, which is probably a modern digital device. So, even if you have a modern digital device, its microphone has to be professional and high quality, just to match 1990s analog tape quality.

[@vwestlife]

I am using a modern digital camcorder.

[@AMDRADEONRUBY]

Kevin that's a nice tape deck for PC I have one and like it. I prefer your video than Lgr don't know why but I prefer your video

[@Fox_Mulder350]

I built my first computer in 2014. With how much retro stuff I do. Building 486s and backing up old computers and such I really regret not using a case with 5 and 1/4 inch base

[@LightTheUnicorn]

These PlusDeck's seem to be pretty capable and reliable things from what I've seen of them. Good stuff.

[@curtchase3730]

That is SO cool! Everything was amazing! Only if I still had cassettes to dupe to digital! Damn. I still have a decent old deck that has B, C, And DBX NR. Don't use it much! LOL.

[@meffffy]

I remember when sata drives came with the molex to sata power converters. Now we need the opposite lol

[@squirrel7t7]

Wow I had those funky looking cassettes. You just took me back to 1989

[@janchristianursuaaguilar7434]

Kevin, we have that same Dell PC running windows 7 on our school for some reason oh my😁😂😂

[@PipmasterD]

I just got that same Dell PC as a refurb off Newegg, these are still very capable computers.

[@digitalmediafan]

Fascinating and mind blowing...Shame WCTC no longer is in c-quam am stereo

[@robertkane1603]

This is a great video! I have had one of these for years, but I’m a Mac user , so I have been meaning to put it on eBay. Glad to see there’s ways to still use it!

[@3800TType]

love the sound of that Chrysler tape....also, "if you didn't hear.....interest rates went up a little" lmao

[@spankyham9607]

That program is worth the money just for the meter feature. I have a vintage case that this would be perfect in. Same color scheme, blue and white.

[@limabravo0001]

You do have the most relaxing soothing handsome sounding voice. I play your videos when I'm going down for my nap. Sometimes I watch your videos just to hear your voice. ❤🌈

[@alexhajnal107]

15:44 Not sure what I love more, the audiophile technobabble or that they seem to be targeting this at early '90s ravers!

[@CicadaMania]

I wish I had one of these back in the day.

[@nickwallette6201]

If I had one of these, I would make a new PCB with a female pin header that slots directly into the drive, then breaks out the 9-pin serial header, to connect directly to a spare motherboard header, and a shielded CD Audio cable pin header for the line-out. :-) No slot bracket, no cable mess.

[@compdude512]

All right. The tape deck itself is awesome, but I want to know how you managed to get your hands on what has to be some very primitive (and hilarious, at least to me!) advertising for Longhorn Steakhouse. Needless to say, that deliberately goofy-sounding feel they were going for then is nowhere close to Longhorn's current brand image! The bigwigs at Darden would probably have a cow if someone proposed doing anything that fun today. 😁

[@ZeroSuitSamo]

I saw the other videos about this device in my feed but didn't watch them, so this is my first time seeing how it works. Being a little bit into older audio tech (I have a mostly hand-me-down hi-fi setup) and also finding old computer hardware neat, I thought this would be pretty cool. But seeing that it requires you to use external cables to plug into the sound card is honestly disappointing. I have a turntable on my desk plugged into a pre-amp, and then into the line-in of an external USB soundcard. Besides the playback controls from the original software, nothing shown in this video couldn't be done by just plugging my tape deck into my sound card. The novelty of having a tape deck on the front panel of your computer is pretty cool no doubt, but I really wish it just used a normal PCI card or something to connect to the computer

[@Helderhugo]

Very interesting. The problem is when you want to clean the heads of that cassette tape player you have to disasembly all and open the cover of it.

[@vwestlife]

No, you can reach the head with a long stem swab, the kind specifically sold for cleaning tape heads. Or use a head cleaning cassette.

[@Pressbutan]

1:19 the most important information is the DP/N or Dell part number on the white label to the right of where you’re reading. True of most any dell component

[@ChristopherWoods]

This is wild. Love this review, so comprehensive, and you have the knowledge and experience to really get into the technical detail. The runthrough with those additional software and plugins was really interesting too. That money shot at 12:42 of an Optiplex ejecting a C60 is just the kind of beautiful FrankenPC stuff I love, it really scratches my retro peripheral itch (perhaps I should see a doctor about that). Did you need to do any further isolation or shielding of the analogue audio path inside the machine or was the signal path overall fairly clean?

[@KeritechElectronics]

Transport control is an interesting feature here; other than that, I'd rather go with a regular deck. The white front panel looked good on old white/gray PCs but is kinda archaic now. If I were to design the thing, I'd use a mainboard USB connection for a built-in audio interface and transport controller. Way more user-friendly.

[@yootoober2009]

I have just installed that player about a month ago.. It's just a regular cassette player in an ATX form factor and powered by the PC.. It puts out audio through a regular 1/4 stereo plug that connects to the pc soundcard line in from the outside... I bought it somewhere before 2001 in Arizona, i'm now in the Philippines... Now if I can just find a VHS player for PC.... or a Super 8MM player/recorder

[@d2vans_291]

Wow and flutter is amazingly good. Would that have been expensive when released.

[@karehaqt]

You could get them for £80-£100 here in the UK when they were released

[@d2vans_291]

@@karehaqt thanks. That's a dam good value

[@dashcamandy2242]

"Culture Club: Waking Up with the House on Fire," a worthy follow-up to the perennial favorite "Colour By Numbers." Great album. Saw them on tour when the album was released in '84 at the Hartford Civic Center. We had floor seats, which I had to stand on to see over the crowd. I was disappointed to see Helen Terry was no longer part of the group - man, can she belt out a tune! I still have my Plusdeck 2c. My main gripe was poor audio cable connections, and you're right that the built-in MP3 encoder is garbage. The "Aside Play" and "Bside Play" hover text were minor annoyances. I wanted Music Search functionality too, and thought it was odd that this unit didn't come with that ability since it had been industry standard for home and car audio for a long time.

[@pauledwards2817]

Thank goodness, someone got around to a digital domain dolby decoder. Surprised it has not been stamped on by they law.

[@ocker2000]

That ddi software is a great find! Thanks for sharing!

[@MrmelodyUs]

Thank you for all the excellent and arcane info!

[@gxc90]

That's awesome for Dolby decoding via software, and pretty accurate as well. I wonder if the new version does DBX, Dolby S HXPro ANRES/Super ANRES (JVC) and ADRES (Toshiba) Noise reduction profiles?

[@vwestlife]

They do have a dbx encoder/decoder available: www.anaxwaves.com/DxIICodec/

[@Space_Reptile]

the sata to molex adapter you got is one of the "bad" ones, those molded type connectors are known to cause fires in some cases as they basically have no QA and its a gable if they short out or not, you would be better off in the long term using one where the sata plug is not molded but looks more like the molex connector w/ individually visible cables in their own channels

[@dimitrioskalfakis]

interesting aberration for 2022. DDi codec makes it worthwhile.

[@tomsimpson3322]

As others have said…totally new device to me🤪👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@draggonhedd]

Since it just uses serial commands, i wonder if a simple program can be put together with existing libraries to do music search. Have it listen to the audio line for a signal and then issue the stop/play command when it detects silence. Being that this is hooked up to a computer it makes it a computer controlled tape deck and that can open up a lot of options i think. I'd love to find one of these with the record function.

[@RetroMechanic]

I have one of those kitchen radio/cassette player that have same cassette orientation as this one. Only manual PLAY, FF, STOP/EJECT but I can use walkman amp (Broken mechanic) and walkman play-head to make line out signal... LGR make nice video of this, but this in more inspiration one =)

[@JacGoudsmit]

This would have been a GREAT thing to have in my late 1990s PC's. Wait a minute. This would STILL be cool thing for my computer now. I just have to find a way to build one into my laptop. Now where's that can opener...

[@alliejr]

The fast talking narrator (18:00 or thereabouts) was most famous for early Federal Express (before it was FedEx) TV commercials… and also happened to attend my high school 😂😂😂

[@vwestlife]

He did a *lot* of TV commercials back in the '80s and '90s.

[@dennisp.2147]

And Micro Machines...

[@emancaindec9731]

Interesting niche! But, I'll just stick to my dedicated tape deck

[@MotownBatman]

I Used to have one that looked just like this in 2k5, Now my 16 year old daughter has jumped from Vynil to Cassettes; I wish I still had this

[@ChamberOfTimeLover]

Great video, very enjoyable seeing more of this device in action, and the audio quality using the DDi Codec is amazing. Also may I ask what song you were recording at 5:20? it's very good.

[@Brpwndood]

6:23 - I love this video gotta pause here and come back to it later

[@cjsebes]

You'll have to find a beige beauty to pop that cassette deck into. I have a dream of buying a ridiculously large tower and tossing in as many of those odd-ball 5 1/4" accessories as I can find.

[@vwestlife]

Except that the Plus Deck's faceplate is stark white, not beige (or "putty" as it's officially called).