ocr: MAKINGA RECORDING UNMAGNEIIZED TAPE MICROPHONE TAPE SPOOL CAPSTAN UU PINCH ROLLER RECORDIREPLAY ERASE HEAD. HEAD Tor recordsound, the cassette mechanism moves the tape past the record/replay head. An amplified signal from the microphone flows around coils in the head, magnetizing the tape. Replay reverses the process, using the magnetized tape to recreate the signal in the coils.