Cassette Manufacture

NAC has always been proud to say our cassettes are made in the USA. For decades National Audio has assembled and loaded custom lengths of cassette tapes using domestic and imported parts. We have been a service for library systems and education producing books, magazines and tests on cassette. When large audio production houses and music labels stopped producing cassettes, National Audio began accumulating equipment to become the largest duplicator of music recordings on tape as well. Now, some of the larger companies that got out of the audio tape duplication business are regular customers of National Audio Company.

Recently, new capabilities have been added so the magnetic tape itself is also manufactured here in our facility in Springfield, Missouri, USA. The sources for the tape we used over the years no longer exist, so we have purchased the necessary equipment, restored it, improved it, learned to use it, and dedicated a floor of our historic building to the manufacture of the highest quality magnetic tape possible. Our engineers have refined the formulas for three tape types in our lab and they are all currently being produced.

Along with the tapes themselves, our departments also imprint and label the cassettes, and our departments produce the printing for packaging, including Braille labels and mailing services. We have made private label packaged cassettes for several major brands. Call us for more information 417-863-1925.

FerroMaster C256TM is the classic ferric cassette tape you are used to. It is refined for the use in consumer cassette decks for high quality recording and playback. No custom biasing is necessary.

FerroMaster C456TM is the highest quality ferric cassette tape available in the world today. This product has been tested in high-speed duplication equipment and delivers outstanding quality for the recording industry duplication orders that NAC produces in house daily. It is available on bulk pancakes for other professional duplicators. (Note: professional bias adjustment is necessary for the best results with C456.)

FerroMaster C756TM is a Cobalt oxide Type II High Bias tape for the most demanding recording applications, C756 sets the gold standard in Type II performance. Cobalt oxide combines outstanding output and low distortion providing unmatched musical clarity. This tape, now being made at NAC, delivers up to 4db more output than earlier Type II tapes without saturation or distortion.

ALL FerroMaster tapes are now made with NAC’s exclusive MAGNE-SHEENTM process for a smoother, more capable tape. Click for more information.

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