One of the coolest things I remember from my childhood is the discovery of recording sound. I met people around me who had tape-recorders. My father had one, some older cousin had one, and suddenly they were everywhere. Those were large expensive machines I thought I would never be able to own and play with myself. Boy was I wrong Ever since I found out about the Compact Cassette, I was fascinated by audio-tape and wanted to know everything about this medium. My mother brought in one of those handy PHILIPS portable cassette recorders (thanks to her job as a teacher, I think), and I remember times when I sneaked into her study whenever she wasn't home, to go and mess with this thing. I had noticed earlier…