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Repurposing this thread to discuss anything tape. Real tape delays, reel to reel, strange contraptions or techniques with tape, looping tape, lofi recording, playing 4 track recorders as an instrument, etc etc etc.

Really I just want a place to store all this stuff so i can find it again but it'd be awesome if anyone has a similar love for all things tape would like to join in and contribute!


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This is really cool, i want one. Some similar creations out there and even products but i like the functionality of this. Eventually he's going to be creating a kickstarter once he has a 3d printed product based on this.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LkZMmxRAB8[/youtube]

That's pretty cool - a guitar through that as a duet with some delay on top would be really fun. Thanks for posting

See also: Landscape HC-TT and Music Thing Modular Magnetophone...

The HC-TT is a lot of fun with tape loops...

This is amazing and total goals for me. I could sit there and do that for hours and be a happy man. Also, this guy is incredible with tape. Check out his YouTube channel and instagram for all sorts of crazy tape things.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPy6djIrBfo[/youtube]

I have a Tascam 388. Thought about selling it but recently decided to keep it for the time being, because my bandmate's face got so incredibly sad when I told him I was considering letting it go

It's gonna be slow-going, but I'll throw any progress reports of using it up here.

popvulture wrote:I have a Tascam 388. Thought about selling it but recently decided to keep it for the time being, because my bandmate's face got so incredibly sad when I told him I was considering letting it go

It's gonna be slow-going, but I'll throw any progress reports of using it up here.

You have one of these!?!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ1o1RZr2hE[/youtube]

That is so cool! I have not seen those yet... let me know if you decide to sell it.... i'm sure it's very easy to ship

Old Tascam mixers are cool.

This is my current tape lineup and a sample of each:



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgce29RdW6Y[/youtube]



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jPXsvWDNIk[/youtube]

(note: i don't have the space echo anymore)


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BSSUFbmMDM[/youtube]



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51zUWQ_Up44[/youtube]



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeoOqce5oEc[/youtube]

I loved using tape to record. I'd still do it if I could.

I also love what Amulets does with 4 track tape recorders. Of course i discover him as soon as he leaves Austin and moves to Portland

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIiC0DSmLDE[/youtube]

JonnyAngle wrote:I loved using tape to record. I'd still do it if I could.

What's stopping you?

https://www.ebay.com/b/Micro-Cassette-V ... bn_1641557

ARRR I love me some tape. I used to work with a couple of Studer A820's (one 1/4", one 1/2") and a 1/4" A80 at work every day. Lining those machines up was such a dream, and they sounded incredible.
Nowadays I only use tape as a hobby and have tended towards the complete other end of the scale, crappy fostex 4track and even crappier microcassette.... something about nostalgia for being a kid I think. I also like committing takes to tape so I can't fuss over a mix for days on end, it feels a lot more free creatively.
Also i've been on a big cassette binge this year, as someone who has to listen to music 8 hours of the day for work I tend to get listening fatigue quite a lot, but I find with cassettes it doesn't happen. Which is lovely! Not sure I'd like cassettes for rock/metal style music though, but it makes synthetic sounds really come to life.

chrisdermo wrote:ARRR I love me some tape. I used to work with a couple of Studer A820's (one 1/4", one 1/2") and a 1/4" A80 at work every day. Lining those machines up was such a dream, and they sounded incredible.
Nowadays I only use tape as a hobby and have tended towards the complete other end of the scale, crappy fostex 4track and even crappier microcassette.... something about nostalgia for being a kid I think. I also like committing takes to tape so I can't fuss over a mix for days on end, it feels a lot more free creatively.
Also i've been on a big cassette binge this year, as someone who has to listen to music 8 hours of the day for work I tend to get listening fatigue quite a lot, but I find with cassettes it doesn't happen. Which is lovely! Not sure I'd like cassettes for rock/metal style music though, but it makes synthetic sounds really come to life.

Agreed, i recently bought a tape deck and started collecting tapes solely to listen to at work. I would NOT want to listen to a rock/metal album on this medium. Ambient, noise, experimental, electronic music stuff sounds great on cassette IMO. The lofi quality and warmth adds a lot to specific styles of music. I love that i'm forced to listen to the whole thing if i don't want to fast forward through songs... it's almost freeing in a way in a music world full of so many choices and so easy to listen to 30 seconds of a song and move on without taking it in... especially taking in an entire album in one sitting rather than playlists.

^^ yeah! I've gone back to intricately knowing full length albums because of this, rather than being hypercritical and dismissive of every track.

Finally scored one of these! And even cooler is it was owned by Alessandro Cortini from NIN!!