Telefunken Magnetophon M5

Contributed by bart DeRuiter


Photo: bart DeRuiter. License: All Rights Reserved.

In Amsterdam’s excellent music recording studio IJland, a Telefunken Magnetophon M5 broadcast or studio deck is used to “glue” digital audio mixes together by using old hardware. It has a magic touch with music production.

The Magnetophon tape recorder was one of the first recording machines to use magnetic tape in preserving voice and music. The brand name Magnetophon – introduced in 1935 by AEG and later continued by Telefunken – became the generic word for the tape recorder in a lot of languages. On this device, it’s shown in outlined script letters based on Signal.

Photo: bart DeRuiter. License: All Rights Reserved.


Photo: bart DeRuiter. License: All Rights Reserved.


Photo: bart DeRuiter. License: All Rights Reserved.

This post was originally published at Fonts In Use

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