What's with the resurging popularity of cassettes?
faggot hispters and their indie cred
cheap
nice physical object
/thread
Analog is more fun.
Cheaper than CD's
Fun to collect
Can be just as nice to look at on display as vinyls
Certain genres sound better on tapes
>>60703779
some people find the idea of degradable formats in a digital world interesting or something
like it being "real" makes it better or something
>>60703779
Because vinyl is not hipster enough for most people anymore. I have noticed a large amount of normies bragging about their Beatles and Led Zeppelin vinyl to me lately.
>>60703779
still have cassette deck in car and don't want to listen to radio and adapter broke.
suddenly into cassettes
My car's CD player skips alot, and sometimes I want to listen to the shitty mixtapes I used to make in elementary school. However, most of the time, I just pop in a cassette adapter for my phone and listen on there.
>>60703838
>Certain genres sound better on tapes
Not true btw.
Indie cred. Vinyl is no longer legit since normies are collecting it.
>>60703789
this tbqh family
I just buy them if the release doesn't exist on other formats, really common with obscure bands.
I do it if it fits the aesthetic of the music, or if something's not released on any other format.
I'd give examples of music that fits the cassette aesthetic, but since most the people in here are ignorant faggots, I won't bother unless someone is genuinely interested.
>resurging
Lolno.Cassettes are dead normie trash now.
CDs are back in style
>>60703838
>Certain genres sound better on tapes
Nope, tape is a subtractive medium, you lose data.
You're retarded.
>this painting looks better when i cut 2 inches off of the sides of it :p
>>60704010
>muh aesthetics
Nice meme buddy.
How about just admitting that you do it for hipster cred, since everybody knows it anyway.
>>60704010
>I do it if it fits the aesthetic of the music
t. hipster faggot
>>60703779
cds are lame and vinyl are expensive especially if you're paying for postage fees. cassettes feel really neat to have and they're inexpensive.
there's certainly a bit element of exclusivity/sentimentality but i mean, don't lie to yourself, we're all into that.
>>60704091
>cds are lame
How that Lana DelRey cassette sound fag?
>>60703964
Pretty much, since I'm a normie.
>>60704107
Just like her music, shit.
>>60704039
>>60704049
If I wanted hipster cred, why the fuck would I be posting anonymously on 4chan. People who do anything for attention are pretentious faggots, and I generally avoid them in real life. But don't group with them, faggots.
The album I posted uses old samples and warm synths to create its sound, and adding another layer of physical deterioration only enhances the sound in my opinion.
Other music that can benefit from being on cassette is basically anything with a focus on nostalgia.
You're just baiting, but I'm bored, so whatever.
>>60703779
I don't collect any, but they seem pretty fun to collect and they're small and look cool.
>>60703779
Guardians of the Galaxy.
Physical mediums do have an appeal. I enjoyed the small trend of albums being released on usb sticks.
>>60703795
People really need to stop /threading themselves.
Still, you are essentially correct.
>>60704010
You should care less about the aesthetics of your music and more about the aesthetics of your rug
>>60703789
Like the people on /mu/?
>>60706875
BTFO
it's trendy and it's easier for adolescents to buy a shitty boombox from goodwill than to set up a turntable
>>60703789
This. I grew up on cassettes and I will never ever going back to them. It's like suddenly people stopped using current computers and started downgrading them with Win 3.1 or some similar shit. Trendy subculture faggots REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
They're the best format for recording. You can actually do some fun spontaneous shit on tape instead of phoning it in on fucking fruity loops.
>>60703779
Mainstream interest in vinyl makes collecting records anathema to hipsters.
Cassettes are, and always were, an absolutely shit way to collect and archive music. That ought to keep any but the most gullible "Normies" away from them and ensure dome hipster longevity.
>>60706875
OOOOOH
>>60703779
>tfw sibling would not let me touch her cd collection
>tfw would record onto tape when she was at work
>tfw when my whole music collection was pirated from my sister or the library
God this was like almost 20years ago. FUCK
>>60707359
Still happens, I make mix tapes for friends in exchange for cigarettes or weed.
The power of the cassette deck is underestimated.
>>60707262
The best format is digital you shitlord
>>60707386
I would shill some bud out for a mixtape
>>60707389
Digital is useful, but only complete hacks think there's a competition between digital and physical media.
There's more to music than sampling drums and adding reverb
>resurging
They never went away, anon.
