A cassette tape is the traditional recording medium of a mixtape.
The Compact Cassette or Musicassette ( MC ) , also commonly called cassette tape , audio cassette , or simply tape or cassette , is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback . A mixtape ( also mix-tape or mix tape ) is a home-made compilation of music ( typically copyrighted songs taken from other sources ) recorded in a specific order , traditionally onto a cassette tape , though later replaced by CD or MP3 playlist formats .