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Record 1 2005-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
DEF

[A] recording process enabling a person to buy from a record dealer a compilation of tracks of his own choice.

CONT

In America they're calling it a pop revolution. It's Personics, a new piece of high-tech gadgetry that allows you to make cassette compilations in a record shop. You go into a booth, listen to snippets of songs, then punch in to a keyboard the track numbers you've chosen. Next the digital tape machine presents you with your album. It's like a legalised version of home taping but to professional standards and at a price (Mail on Sunday, 1 Oct 1989, p. 8).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
DEF

Technologie brevetée qui permettait à un client de magasin de disques d'écouter des pistes musicales et de sélectionner celles qu'il voulait faire transférer sur un support magnétique donné en vue de les acheter.

OBS

Cette technologie est apparue au cours de la fin des années quatre-vingt et au début des années quatre-vingt-dix, mais elle n'est plus en usage.

Spanish

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