New cassettes for July 2018

5 new varieties of cassettes now available

All with frosted white leaders

RED TAB OUT CASSETTE

SKU: C0-TONRRED

RED TINT TAB OUT CASSETTE

SKU: C0-TONRREDTINT

DARK BLUE TAB OUT

SKU: C0-TONRBLUE

IVORY (CREAM) TAB OUT

SKU: C0-TONRIVORY (CREAM)

New cassettes for January 2018

Matte Black now with STUDS

SKU: C0-TONRBLKMRL
Tabs out, matte black, red leader, 5 screws

NEW TAB IN CASSETTES

Cassettes with the record tabs in can be recorded on any cassette recorder.

Tab in black with yellow leader

SKU: C0-TINRBLACKYL
Tabs in, black, 5 screws, white hubs, shiny surface, 45 degree angled top corners

Tab in black with magnetic leader

SKU: C0-TINRBLKMAG
Tabs in, shiny surface, white hubs, 4 rounded corner label area
Magnetic oxide leader tape is used for instant-start recording applications.
The recording will be a bit rough for the first 15 seconds so we don't
recommend releasing your music with instant start recording. These cassettes
are most often used by court reporters, for dictation, and other applications where you
don't want to miss a word.

Tab in clear with red leader

SKU: C0-TINRCLEARRL
Tabs in, clear cassette, grey liners, red leaders, black hubs and rollers, 5 screws

Clear Tab In Cassette with Gray Liners

SKU: C0-TINRCLEARYL
Tabs in, yellow leader, normal, 5 screws

White tab out - classic style

SKU: C0-TONRWHTSC
White, tabs out, white hubs, red leaders, 5 screws

Pink transparent cassette restocked

SKU: C0-TONRPINKTRANS
Tabs out, clear liners, red leaders, 5 black screws, black hubs, white rollers
(we still have some old stock with white hubs and white rollers)

New cassettes for December 2017

Return of The Classic

SKU: C0-TONRCLEAR (2017 version)
Tabs out, screws, clear leader, full grey liners

New cassettes for November 2017

BLUE TINT SONIC CASSETTE

SKU: C0-TONRBLUETINTSONIC
Normal, tabs out, sonic weld (no screws)

Royal Blue Cassette

SKU: C0-TONRBLUEROYAL
Normal notch, tabs out, clear leader

BLACK SONIC

SKU: C0-TONRBLACKSONIC
Shiny black, normal notch, tabs out, soft windows, sonic weld (no screws)

Lavender Sonic

SKU: C0-TONRLAVSONIC
Normal notch, tabs out, soft windows, sonic weld (no screws)

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Clear with Atari-yellow leaders back in stock!

SKU: C0-TONRCLLINERYL

TURQUOISE with red leaders back in stock

SKU: C0-TONRTURQRL

Opaque Purple with red leaders

 
SKU: TONRPURPLE

Clear Tabs In Cassette with Gray Liners

 
SKU: C0-TINRCLEARYL
Tabs in, yellow leader, normal, 5 screws

New Tinted Stock 2017

Brand new high quality cassettes with screws, tab out, normal 120 microsecond EQ

New: Pink Tinted is back in stock

SKU: C0-TONRPINKTINT

SKU: C0-TONRPURPLETINT

SKU: TONRGREENTINT

SKU: C0-TONRBLUETINT

SKU: C0-TONRYELLOWTINT2

SKU:TONRSMOKE
greyish tint

Gold Tinted

SKU: C0-TONRGOLDTINT
Normal bias, tabs out, yellow/gold tinted, with screws
High quality Made in USA cassette shell
Limited stock of 1000 available

New for June 2017

CHROME NOTCH HI-DEF HOT COLOURS

Top quality cassette shells with independent bridge piece for higher resolution recordings. Chrome notch, tabs out.
Model: Shape MK10 GEN II Made in USA

SKU: CO-TOCRHIDEFPURPLE 
1000+ available

SKU: C0-TOCRHIDEFWASABI 
1000+ available

SKU: C0-TOCRHIDEFPINK
only 30 pieces available 

SKU: C0-TOCRHIDEFSMOKE 
500+ available

SKU: TOCRHIDEFCLEAR 
500+ available

Burgundy Chrome Notch

SKU: C0-TOCRBURGUNDY
Tabs out, chrome notch for auto-sensing cassette decks, no screws
500 available

Chrome Red Tint Hi-Def

SKU: C0-TOCRREDTINTHIDEF
Red tint, 5 Screw, Chrome notch for 70 us EQ and chrome tape
with independent bridge piece for higher resolution recordings
Model: Shape MK10 - Made in USA 
5000+ available

Light Gray

SKU: C0-TONRLIGHTGRAY
Very light gray, tabs out, normal notch for 120 us EQ, 5 screws

Light Gray vs White

New for May 2017

SKU: C0-TONRSILVERRL 
Silver metallic glitter with red leaders, tabs out - photo updated

Precision TABS IN Red Bridge C-Zero for Type-II High Bias Chrome Cassette Tapes

SKU: C0-TICRRBHIDEF

Restocked. This is a high-precision cassette shell for high-bias (Type-II, chrome, cobalt) tapes. It has a chrome notch on the top of the cassette so all auto-sensing cassette decks will record with the correct bias and play back with 70 µS equalisation.

Buy these in the online shop

Chrome notch tabs in cassette

 
SKU: C0-TICRCLEARSONIC
Clear cassette with black liner, chrome notch, tabs in, no screws
These cassette will allow recording in any chrome-compatible recorder 
Buy these with chrome tape in the online shop

New for April 2017

GLITTER RESTOCKED:
Gold 
Silver
Red
Blue

SKU: C0-TONRCLLINERSC

Clear cassette with clear liners, black hubs, rollers, and screws, tabs out

New for February 2017

IVORY

SKU: C0-TONRIVORY 
Ivory encompasses a wide colour range
This batch of ivory is like yellow cream, especially in indoor lighting. Below is a comparison in outdoor lighting taken with a Galaxy S7:

GREY

SKU: C0-TONRGREY

GREEN (2017)

SKU: C0-TONRGREEN2017 (Grass Green)

WHITE TAB OUT RESTOCKED

December 2016

Purple Tinted Sonic

Deep purple tinted, tabs out, no screws, normal notch/120 microsecond EQ
SKU: C0-TONRPURTINTSONIC

Smoke Tinted Sonic

Smoky, tabs out, no screws, normal notch/120 microsecond EQ
SKU: C0-TONRSMOKESONIC

Red Sonic

SKU: C0-TONRREDSONIC

Tabs out, sonic weld (no screws), normal notch/120 microsecond EQ.

Green 367 Wasabi Cassette

SKI: C0-TONRGREEN367 
Pantone 367 
Stunning light green/yellow cassette

It's proving impossible to get accurate greens with our current camera setup. Here are some comparison photos for relative comparisons.

From left to right: Green (PMS 348), grass green2017, lime green (PMS 368), wasabi (PMS 367)

Matte White Cassette

This cassette has no borders so you might want to try edge-to-edge printing.

SKU: C0-TONRWHTMATTERL
Flat surface without raised borders around the edges, no screws, red leaders, soft windows, tabs out.

CLASSIC WHITE CASSETTES

SKU: C0-TINRWHITE, C0-TONRWHTSC

White, tabs out, clear leaders
and
White, tabs in, clear leaders

New Stock July 2016

PINK BRICK IS BACK!!

SKU: C0-TONRPINKBRICK

This is just about the most beautiful cassette ever! Also consider the azure blue and butterscotch camel cassettes below.

Matte Black with red leader

SKU: C0-TONRBLKMRL

These matte black cassettes have a great distressed surface.

New Stock June 2016

New Black C-Zeros

Black, tabs out, normal bias, red leaders, with ridged pattern. Standard paper labels do not fit on this cassette.
C0-TONRBLKRIDGES

Black, tabs out, normal bias, red leaders, with SQUARE window. Standard paper labels do not fit on this cassette.
C0-TONRBLKSQ
Just about sold out.

Fluorescent Orange-Tinted Cassette

Under black light

SKU: C0-TONRFLOORANGE

Brighter than our campfire cassette, and it fluoresces under black light. 
Tabs out, no screws, clear leaders

New Stock March 2016

SKU: C0-TONRYELLOTINT 
Yellow tint with a hint of green 
Limited stock

New Stock February 2016

Back by popular demand: green and pink transparent cassettes, now with popping red leaders!

SKU: C0-TONRGREENTRANSPARENT

SKU: C0-TONRPINKTRANSPARENT

Transparent TABS IN cassettes 
with no screws are ideal for 
PRISON TAPES

SKU: C0-TINRTRANSPARENTRL

These are transparent and have NO SCREWS, ideal for prison tapes. The record tabs are IN for recording on any cassette deck. For music duplication projects we pop (remove) the record tabs so there's a small extra labour charge built into our duplication calculator.

New Cassette Stock Dec 19, 2015

Azure cassette with brick pattern and A/B markings

SKU: C0-TONRAZURE
Tabs out, red leaders, with screws

Butterscotch or Camel cassette with brick pattern and A/B markings

SKU: C0-TONRBUTTERSCOTCHB
Tabs out, red leaders, with screws

Gold foil, tabs out, red leader, no screws

Since there are no tabs these are ideal for duplication orders because we don't have to take time to remove the tabs.

SKU: C0-TOMETGOLDFOIL

Transparent C-Zero

SKU: C0-TONRTRANSPARENT 
Back in stock. We also have a new version with the record tabs in and red leaders..

We've made more glitter tapes!

SKU: C0-TINRGLITTERBLUE	SKU: C0-TINRGLITTER-G-B
C0-TINRGLITTER-G-GR	SKU: C0-TINRGLITTERGREEN
SKU: C0-TINRGLITTER-GBRS (out of stock)	SKU: C0-TINRGLITTER-G-R
SKU: C0-TINRGLITTERRED	SKU: C0-TINRGLITTER-S-GR-R
SKU: TINRGLITTER-GR-B (out of stock)	SKU: C0-TINRGLITTERGOLD
SKU: C0-TINRGLITTERSILVER (now with black hubs) The glitter is embedded inside the plastic so it will never scratch off. All glitter cassettes come with the record tabs in, and are sonic welded (no screws).

New cassettes arrived July 2015

The Black and White Cassette

SKUs:C0-TONRBLKWHITE: screws on random side
C0-TONRBLKWHITE-AW Screws on white side
C0-TONRBLKWHITE-AB Screws on black side 
(sorting the cassettes takes a significant amount of labour so there is an extra fee)

Mustard Cassette with Red Leader

SKU: C0-TONRMUSTARDRL
Current stock is with clear leaders C0-TONRMUSTARD

Turquoise Cassette with Red Leader

SKU: C0-TONRTURQRL 
IN STOCK

New: Triple Norelco Case

SKU: CASSBOX-TRIPLE

Dimensions: 4" x 4.25" x 0.625"
J-Card dimensions (approx): Front: 7.75" x 4", spine 0.5", flap 15/16"

Buy in the online shop

SKU: C0-TIMETSILVERFOIL
This is the best choice for your tabs in tapes for home recording.
Tabs in, clear leaders, screws, for normal equalisation, 

SKU: C0-TIMETGOLDFOIL 
with screws 
Also available tabs out with red leaders and no screws

SKU: C0-TIMETREDFOIL

SKU: C0-TIMETGREENFOIL (with black screws)

All of these metallic reflective foil cassettes have the record tabs in except where indicated

FLO-ORANGE AND FLO-GREEN NORELCO CASES

Check out these remarkable fluorescent cases and cassettes!

SKUs: CASSBOX-FLOGREENGREEN and C0-TONRFLOGREENTINT

SKU: CASSBOX-FLOGREEN (clear front)

SKU: CASSBOX-FLOGREENGREEN

SKU: CASSBOX-FLOORANGE

NORELCO CASSETTE CASES WITH OPAQUE COLOUR BACKS

SKUs: CASSBOX-ROSE CASSBOX-RED CASSBOX-MUSTARD CASSBOX-BLUE 

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JAN 2015

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GOLD AND SILVER METALLIC BACK IN STOCK

Available Audio Cassette C-Zeros

You can buy blank tapes with any of these shells in our online shop by clicking here

Glossary to help you choose the proper C-Zero for your application

TI = Record tabs in
TO = Record tabs out 
NR = Normal bias recording, 120 µs EQ playback
CR = High bias recording, 70 µs EQ playback (for chrome or cobalt tape)

Many people put chrome or cobalt tape into normal shells. To do this you MUST have a cassette recorder with a BIAS Selector button. You will not be able to record correctly on later-model cassette decks which use an auto-sensing pin to determine the bias and EQ. 

See more info at the bottom of this page

Click the images to see larger pictures.

New stock Dec 2014

STEAMPUNK COPPER CASSETTE

SKU: C0-TONRCOPPER 
SOLD OUT

New stock arrived with RED leaders

Black tab in, debossed A&B markings
C0-TINRBLKAB-RL

Black tab out
SKU: C0-TONRBLKRL

Turquoise Sea Green Cassette Boxes

Fabulous new sea-green Norelco cases 
SOLD OUT - REPLACED BY TURQ2 CASE SAME COLOUR AS CASSETTE BELOW

TABSOUT.COM
SOAKING WET CASSETTE

SKU: C0-TONRTURQ2

Flo Green Tinted Cassettes

 
SKU: C0-TONRFLOGREENTINT 
Glows under black light! 

New Rubine Red for September 2014

SKU: C0-TONRRUBINE

Lime Green, New for August 2014

SKU: C0-TONRLIMEGREEN

New stock April 2014

New AQUA cassettes in stock

C0-TONRAQUABLUE

Double butterfly cassette cases back in stock:

Side-by-Side Double Cassette Cases are also available

Contact us for a custom quote on your upcoming double-cassette release!

New stock September 2013

The radioactive orange cassette!

Fluorescent orange tinted
C0-TONRFLOORANGE
 

C0-TONRWHTSC
Bright white, tabs out, clear leaders, with screws

C0-TINRWHTSC
Bright white, tabs in, clear leaders, with screws

C0-TONRWHTMATTERL
White, tabs out, sonic weld, soft windows, borderless

The Black and White Cassette 
C0-TONRBLKWHITE
IN STOCK
Our stock now has screws which are on random sides, 50/50. Manual sorting is available for 5 cents per piece.

SKUs:C0-TONRBLKWHITE: screws on random side
C0-TONRBLKWHITE-AW Screws on white side
C0-TONRBLKWHITE-AB Screws on black side

Red
C0-TONRRED
Sold out, more coming soon
 

Lavender

SKU: C0-TONRLAVENDER
Lavender, tabs out, clear leaders, with screws

Rubine Red
C0-TONRRUBINE

 
Yellow cassette, with screws
C0-TONRYELLO

From left to right: Green (PMS 348), grass green2017, lime green (PMS 368), wasabi (PMS 367)
Colours in photo are relative and not possible to capture exactly on our camera

Gold Metallic TO with screws
C0-TONRGOLD
Back in stock

Silver Metallic Glitter TO with Screws
C0-TONRSILVER
Back in stock

Green-tinted transparent TO no screws
C0-TONRGREENTRANSPAR

Orange TO with screws (2016)
C0-TONRORANGERL
Back in stock with red leaders

Butterscotch TO NR with brick pattern

C0-TONRBUTTERSCOTCHB

omg! Pink-Tinted Transparent with Screws
C0-TONRPINKTRANSPARE

Turquoise TO with screws and red leaders (2015)
C0-TONRTURQRL

SOLD OUT - MORE COMING SOON

Blue TO NR sonic 
C0-TONRBLUE

SOLD OUT

Yellow tint TO NR screws (2016)
C0-TONRYELLOTINT

Gold tint TO NR screws
C0-TONRGOLDTINT

Yellow tint TO NR screws (2017)
C0-TONRYELLOWTINT

Purple tint TO NR with screws
C0-TONRPURTINT

Blue tint TO NR
C0-TONBLUETINT

Green Tint 
C0-TONRGREENTINT

Smoky cassette 
C0-TONRSMOKE

Clear cassette with gold metallic liner
Tabs out, red leaders,no screws 
C0-TOMETGOLDFOIL

Tabs in, NR, clear leaders, with screws
C0-TIMETGOLDFOIL 

Clear cassette with red metallic liners, TI NR with screws
C0-TIMETREDFOIL

Clear cassette with green metallic liners, TI NR with screws 
C0-TIMETGREENFOIL

Clear cassette with silver metallic liners, TI NR with screws 
C0-TIMETSILVERFOIL

Red tinted audio cassette, TO NR 
no screws, clear leader
C0-TONRREDTINTSONIC

Clear cassette with grey liner, tabs in for home recording, normal bias, 5 screws. 
C0-TINRCLEAR - SOLD OUT, 
SEE C0-TIMETSILVERFOIL

Clear TI NR magnetic leader 5-screw (instant start)
C0-TINRCLMAG
25 in stock, more on the way

"The Classic" Clear cassette with grey liner, tabs out with screws (now with clear leader)
C0-TONRCLEAR
1000+ in stock

CHROME NOTCH CASSETTES

These C-Zeros below have the special chrome notch which serves two purposes:
1: on recording, auto-sensing decks will apply high bias and 70 microsecond record EQ
2: on playback, auto-sensing decks will apply 70 microsecond playback EQ

70 microsecond EQ is used to reduce the playback hiss by 4.5 dB, but we also lose 4.5 dB of high-frequency performance.

SKU: C0-TICRCLEARSONIC
Tabs in, sonic weld (no screws) 
500+ available

SKU: C0-TICRRBHIDEF
Tabs in, high definition, red bridge 
500+ available

SKU: C0-TICRHIDEFWB
Tabs in, good quality but cassettes are scuffed and scratched
90 available

SKU: C0-TOCRCLEAR 
Tabs out, with screws
500 available

SKU: C0-TOCRHIDEFCLEAR
Tabs out, Hidef bridge

SKU: C0-TOCRHIDEFSMOKE
Tabs out, hidef bridge

SKU: C0-TOCRHIDEFPURPLE
Tabs out, with screws
1000+ available

SKU: C0-TOCRHIDEFWASABI
Tabs out, Hidef bridge
1000+ available

SKU: C0-TOCRHIDEFPINK
Tabs out, hidef bridge 
Only 30 available

SKU: C0-TOCRREDTINTHIDEF
Red tint, tabs out, 5 screws, Hi-Def anti-resonance bridge
2000+ available

SKU: C0-TOCRBURGUNDY
Burgundy
tabs out, sonic weld
800 available

SKU: C0-TOCRHIDEFGOLDFOIL
Gold foil, tabs out, hidef bridge 
Only 100 available

TABS IN or TABS OUT

Note: Most of our cassettes are TABS OUT (check out tabsout.com for a cassette podcast) and for normal bias tape. If you want to record on regular cassette decks you must put a piece of scotch tape over the record tab holes, or choose the TAB IN cassettes... or disable the record tab sensor on your machine with some duct tape or a paperclip!

Notes:

• TI = Record tabs in, any machine can record on these tapes

• TO = Record tabs out, for duplicated cassettes or professional machines, you can record on these tapes if you put some scotch tape over the hole or if you use professional duplicators.
   

• NR = Normal tape (aka Type I tape or ferro), machines record and play back with a 120 µS equalisation curve. 
   

• CR = for high bias tape (chrome or cobalt), has an extra notch to tell the record machine to use higher recording bias and to use 70 µS record and playback EQ. One of our tricks is to use standard normal bias cassette shells with high bias cobalt or chrome tape, and a special equalisation during recording. This lets us have louder and brighter cassettes.
   

• Type IV = c-zero has a notch for metal bias 
   

• Screws: the two halves of an audio cassette shell are either held together with 5 screws, or are sonic-welded with no screws. One type is not neccessarily better than the other. 
   

• Liners: also known as slipsheets or foils, every cassette has liners to support the tape hubs. The tape liners play a critical role in permitting a smooth rotation of the tape hubs. The liners are rippled to apply a slight spring pressure on the tape hubs.
   

• Pressure pad: The pressure pad is a wool pad mounted on a spring and applies pressure on the tape as it passes over the recording and playback head.
   

• Leader tape: every C-zero has about 15 to 20 seconds of leader tape. The leader tape is usually a clear, frosted, red, or blue-tinted plastic. You cannot record on the leader tape. 
   

• Magnetic leader: We also have cassettes loaded with magnetic leader tape to permit instant-start recording. For example court reporters may want instant start cassettes so they don't miss a word.
   

• Rollers: Most C-zeros have a roller in each lower corner to guide the tape. Rollers that are out-of-round cause wow in the recording. Rollers that are not precisely made can also cause azimuth problems. Some cheap cassettes did not have rollers. 
   

• Guide posts: Most C-zeros have guide posts located before the rollers to help isolate fluctuations in the supply and takeup hubs from causing wow and flutter in the recording.