Capstan may refer to: *

Capstan (band) Capstan is an American post-hardcore band from Orlando, Florida. To date, the band has released six EPs and two studio albums. The band was formerly signed to Adventure Cat Records, and is currently signed to Fearless Records. History Early ...

, an American post-hardcore band *

Capstan (cigarette) Capstan is a British brand of unfiltered cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Imperial Brands. The brand dwindled in popularity when the health effects of tobacco became more widely known; few shops sell them today. History Capstan ...

, a brand of British cigarette *

Capstan (nautical) A capstan is a vertical- axled rotating machine developed for use on sailing ships to multiply the pulling force of seamen when hauling ropes, cables, and hawsers. The principle is similar to that of the windlass, which has a horizontal axle. ...

, a rotating machine used to control or apply force to another element *

Capstan (tape recorder) A tape transport is the collection of parts of a magnetic tape player or recorder that move the tape and play or record it. Transport parts include the head, capstan, pinch roller, tape pins, and tape guide. The tape transport as a whole is calle ...

, rotating spindles used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder *

Capstan equation The capstan equation or belt friction equation, also known as Euler-Eytelwein's formula (after Leonhard Euler and Johann Albert Eytelwein), relates the hold-force to the load-force if a flexible line is wound around a cylinder (a bollard, a w ...

, formula to describe hold-force in relation to load-force for flexible lines around a cylinder *

Horse capstan A whim, also called a whim gin or a horse capstan, is a device similar to a windlass which is used in mining for hauling materials to the surface. It comprises a capstan or a wide drum with a vertical axle. A rope is wound around the drum, with b ...

, a device similar to a windlass used in mining; also called a whim *

Slingsby Capstan The Slingsby T.49 Capstan is a British two-seat glider of the 1960s built by Slingsby Sailplanes as a replacement for their earlier Type 42 Eagle. It is a high-winged monoplane of wooden construction, the last two-seat wooden glider built by ...

, a British two-seat glider of the 1960s *

Capstan (software) Capstan may refer to: * Capstan (band), an American post-hardcore band * Capstan (cigarette), a brand of British cigarette *Capstan (nautical), a rotating machine used to control or apply force to another element *Capstan (tape recorder), rotating ...

, audio restoration program by

Celemony Celemony Software GmbH is a German musical software company that specializes in digital audio pitch correction software. It produces Melodyne, a popular audio pitch modification tool similar to Auto-Tune, although the program itself is a manual ...

which eliminates wow and flutter

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