Other Audio Formats

Other audio formats by type, from piano rolls to Playbutton, and things in between such as the unclassifiable Tefifon.

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Punched Media

Organette disc (late 1870s – 1920s)
Organette roll (late 1870s – 1920s)

Herophon (early 1880s – 1890s)
Piano roll (1883 – 2008)

Pins

Music box cylinder (1862 – 1890s)
Music box disc (1886 – )
Organ cobs (late 1880s – late 1920s)
Music Box Record Player (1971 – 1990s)

Magnetic Wire

Wire recording (1898 – 1970s)
Minifon wire reel (1951 – 1967)

Magnetic Discs

Recordon (1948 – mid 1950s)
Assman Astromag plate (1948 – late 1970s)
Pye magnetic disc (1953 – late 1950s)
PianoSoft 3.5-inch floppy disk (1985 – 2012)

Magnetic film

35mm magnetic film for audio production (1959 – 1970)

Magnetic belts

Magnabelt (1961 – 1972)

Magnetic sheets

Remington / Dictaphone Ultravox (1954 – late 1970s)

Magnetic stripe

Yamaha Playcard (1982 – mid 1980s)

Grooved belts or loops

Recordgraph (late 1930s – late 1940s)
Dictabelt (1947 – 1980)
Tefifon (1950 – 1960s)

ROM Cartridge

Casio ROM Pack (1983 – early 1990s)
Roland Music Style Card (1989 – 1991)

Hammond organ ROM cards (1989 – 1990s)
Yamaha Music Cartridge (1995 – late 1990s)
Yaboom Box (1999 – 2001)
Yaboom MCD Musical Key Chain (1999 – 2001)
HitClips (1999 – 2002)
e-kara Karaoke Cartridge (2001 – 2009)
VJ Starz Video Karaoke Machine (2002 – mid 2000s)
HitClips Disc (2003 – 2004)

Barbie Karaoke Cam Music Cartridge (2003 – mid 2000s)
Tooth Tunes (2007 – )
McDonald’s Happy Meal music player (2011)

Memory Cards

USB flash drive (2006 – )
microSD card (2007 – late 2000s)
slotMusic (2008 – 2012)
Playbutton (2011 – 2018)
MQS (Mastering Quality Sound) (2013 – )

Adapters

Cassette tape adapter (1988 – )