Write delay to de-skew data in read while write function for tape storage devices

A controller-implemented method, comprising:

• determining, by a controller, an offset between adjacent arrays of transducers in a direction perpendicular to an intended direction of media travel when a magnetic head having the arrays is positioned at a first position;
• causing, by the controller, tilting the magnetic head to a second position;
• and
• delaying, by the controller, write operations performed by at least some of the transducers in a first of the arrays such that data written by the transducers in the first array is readable by a second array of read transducers aligned in the direction orthogonal to the intended direction of media travel without implementing readback delays corresponding to the write delays, wherein the delay is based at least in part on the offset.

A controller having at least some hardware components, the controller configured to:

• determine, by the controller, an offset between first and second arrays of transducers on a magnetic head in a direction perpendicular to an intended direction of media travel when the magnetic head is positioned at a first position;
• cause, by the controller, the magnetic head to tilt a second position;
• wherein at least one of the arrays of transducers includes write transducers;
• wherein the arrays of transducers have longitudinal axes aligned at the second position greater or less than 0 degrees from the longitudinal axes of the arrays of transducers aligned at the first position;
• cause, by the controller, writing by the write transducers while the magnetic head is in the second position;
• and
• cause, by the controller, a delay in writing by at least some of the write transducers to provide magnetic transitions on a magnetic medium as if the longitudinal axis of the array was aligned in the direction perpendicular to the intended direction of media travel,
• wherein the writing delays are based at least in part on the offset.