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I presume we are talking about the answering machine message cassette tapes ? They have a foil strip at the splice point which triggers the winders to stop at the "head" of the tape. One possible way to bypass this (if you are surgically inclined) is to cut out the foil section and reconnect the two ends by butting them up to each other (not overlapping) and putting a piece of splice tape on the back side. If you don't have professional splicing tape, then use regular 3M or whatever, but just make sure that there are no rough edges exposed. -- gary @friendlyspider.com Richard Zvonar wrote: > At 1:34 PM -0700 5/7/02, angelo valadon wrote: > >i want to loop a normal audio cassette tape, but i can't figure out > >how to provide the necessary tension/friction to make the tape spin. > >once detached from the wheel the wheels of course just turn without > >moving the tape. > > Loop cassettes are available in various lengths. These will work in > any cassette deck, with the proviso that they are "single sided" - > that is the cassette is constructed to run in one direction only and > you can't flip it over or rewind it. > > In my experience with loop cassettes I've found that there is > invariably a dropout at the punch in/out point. Perhaps someone else > has developed some techniques to circumvent this? > -- > > ______________________________________________________________ > Richard Zvonar, PhD > (818) 788-2202 > http://www.zvonar.com > http://RZCybernetics.com > http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone > http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz