Cassette Tape Loops

m^a(t)h · 05.30.2006, 06:12 PM

This doesnt seem too prominent anywhere. I basically got into it because I couldnt find a 4 track for cheap so instead I got 100 answering machine cassette tape loops for like $18 on Ebay and started working....

Its very difficult to splice cassette tape, its so small and fragile. Anyone in here experiment with it? I need some advice or any suggestions on what to do because theres nothing on the internet about it.

I usually try to take my 30 second loop tapes and cut out the blank part of the tape to make them flow better but only did this successfully a couple of times. I also experimented with rubbing different chemicals on the magnetic tape and its worked quite well....

Onani Nic · 05.30.2006, 06:19 PM

i was thinking of trying this but then realised absolutely nothing so forgot about the idea

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.30.2006, 06:23 PM

http://www.loopersdelight.com/tips/multitrack.html

this might help

m^a(t)h · 05.30.2006, 06:38 PM

yeah i checked that ought a while ago and it taught me the greatest lesson, PAITENCE. Looping cassette can take hours upon hours of work.

And SpectralJulianIsNotDead, I see we live in the same town....

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.30.2006, 07:13 PM

Yeah, I think we had this conversation before. You live south of the city and I live north of the city right?

m^a(t)h · 05.30.2006, 08:19 PM

something like that...

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 05.31.2006, 12:42 AM

I have a show on Saturday in Cranberry. You should come.

CHOUT · 05.31.2006, 01:06 AM

I made my own cassette loop once and put Prince doing his 'uuuu-uhhh' high shreik thing on it. It got stuck in my girlfriend's car cassette deck for a couple weeks so that's all she could listen to.

atari 2600 · 05.31.2006, 02:13 AM

I used to play with loops & have several boom boxes going & play along with the tapes. etc...make strange music in general

i have this one sound collage on cassette somewhere ... that has some white noise & radio frequency modulation, art blakey drums, diamanda galas fading in-&-out, & me reading from norman o. brown's love's body & some time-space continuum ripping noize from an acoustic with a mic inside ran through an amp with high gain

another one that still sounds good to me has some looped gutteral "cowboy noises" along with some riffs that sound like guitar strings are ripping through your soft flesh...the drums are me banging on a cast aluminum sculpture

the same tape features me doing a cover of (I can't get no) satisfaction sounding like it might if violent femmes did the song or something...i recorded the stuff before i ever learned how to play really (about 17 years ago) but the basic riff is there...

05.30.2006, 06:12 PM	#1
m^a(t)h expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,204	This doesnt seem too prominent anywhere. I basically got into it because I couldnt find a 4 track for cheap so instead I got 100 answering machine cassette tape loops for like $18 on Ebay and started working.... Its very difficult to splice cassette tape, its so small and fragile. Anyone in here experiment with it? I need some advice or any suggestions on what to do because theres nothing on the internet about it. I usually try to take my 30 second loop tapes and cut out the blank part of the tape to make them flow better but only did this successfully a couple of times. I also experimented with rubbing different chemicals on the magnetic tape and its worked quite well....
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05.30.2006, 06:19 PM	#2
Onani Nic the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 930	i was thinking of trying this but then realised absolutely nothing so forgot about the idea __________________ I don't give a fuck thats the problem. I see a motherfuckin cop i don't dodge them.
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05.30.2006, 06:23 PM	#3
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	http://www.loopersdelight.com/tips/multitrack.html this might help
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05.30.2006, 06:38 PM	#4
m^a(t)h expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,204	yeah i checked that ought a while ago and it taught me the greatest lesson, PAITENCE. Looping cassette can take hours upon hours of work. And SpectralJulianIsNotDead, I see we live in the same town....
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05.30.2006, 07:13 PM	#5
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Yeah, I think we had this conversation before. You live south of the city and I live north of the city right?
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05.30.2006, 08:19 PM	#6
m^a(t)h expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,204	something like that...
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05.31.2006, 12:42 AM	#7
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I have a show on Saturday in Cranberry. You should come.
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05.31.2006, 01:06 AM	#8
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	I made my own cassette loop once and put Prince doing his 'uuuu-uhhh' high shreik thing on it. It got stuck in my girlfriend's car cassette deck for a couple weeks so that's all she could listen to. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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05.31.2006, 02:13 AM	#9
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	I used to play with loops & have several boom boxes going & play along with the tapes. etc...make strange music in general i have this one sound collage on cassette somewhere ... that has some white noise & radio frequency modulation, art blakey drums, diamanda galas fading in-&-out, & me reading from norman o. brown's love's body & some time-space continuum ripping noize from an acoustic with a mic inside ran through an amp with high gain another one that still sounds good to me has some looped gutteral "cowboy noises" along with some riffs that sound like guitar strings are ripping through your soft flesh...the drums are me banging on a cast aluminum sculpture the same tape features me doing a cover of (I can't get no) satisfaction sounding like it might if violent femmes did the song or something...i recorded the stuff before i ever learned how to play really (about 17 years ago) but the basic riff is there...
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