Can a Magnet ACTUALLY Erase Your Cassette Tape? 

Fun fact: if you had a chrome tape or a metal tape, for it to be able to completely erase the tape it would need to be rather strong. Since Chrome and metal tapes require way stronger signal to be recorded on. That is also the reason why no cheap boombox ever records on type II or IV.

Yes! True!! Placing a magnet on either a VHS tape or a music cassette tape could be unplayable 💀 💀 💀 💀 💀

I used magnets to erase cassette tapes, and VCR tapes. Mine got erased, but had a humming noise . If you re -recorded on the tapes, you would have the hum with it. I just got rid of all tape type recorders. Now I have professional hard drive recorders. They are also multi track. One is Korg D8. It is only CD quality, but records without compression. The other is the Korg D12. Haven't used it yet, but it is supposed to be 32 bit. CD quality is 16 bit. No more tape hiss. Plus they both have a CD burner. Record your own CDs from multi tracks. Note: Buying new is not recommended. Music equipment new is very, very, expensive. EBay is great for used equipment. Good prices if you know what to look for.

I've ruined a few of my recordings just by putting some tapes in a backpack which used little magnets to keep itself closed. What a fool :)

I was hoping it was going to be some cool effect to make your recordings more lo-fi retro sounding.

Ever wonder wat would happen when you put a cd in a box with sandpaper and just run with it could it damage the disc😂 or a knife and vinyl.

Interesting Experiment! Also sweet aurex cassette deck.

Walkmans with in built speaker? I've had one in my childhood no longer have that today but still have all those cassettes from that time and the sound of the cassette varies by 2 seconds full volume then 2 seconds low volume i just realised it was the speaker of walkmans fault, some of the cassettes are now my favourite ones and i just can't blame myself to unintentionally ruining the precious cassettes still keeping in my collection.😢

use a bigger horseshoe magnet around the cassette and get pre and post echo

How about Video 8 cassette, can it be fix?

Before everything went digital, radio stations used analog carts that played media. The players didn't have record ability, nor did the recorder have a fully functioning magnet the way a home stereo would to simply go over the past recording with new stuff. They used a bulk eraser to totally eliminate the old media, then start again on the recording machine.

I wanna ask, i opened a cassette with a screwdriver with a magnet, the magnetic field is small and it only touched the screws. will it damage it?

❤didnt know that really helpful

I would like to know if you could still record over those.

I have type 1 cassette. Does that mean that I can easily wipe parts of a cassette tape recording but still record onto it after?

when you nothing is on the tape can you actually reuse it. there's an old tape I found nothing on it just water of 50mins of a wall. if I erase the footage can I resue it and film something on it?

if you erase the tape with a magnet can you still record onto it?

cool