Tape Loops experiment

While reading about how to make your own tape loops from cassette tapes, I was reminded of the Buddha Machine (a sort of electronic ambient music generator), and how some people buy multiple Buddha Machines to create more complex layers of sound. I just threw together this little experiment, but the idea could definitely be explored further.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• cassette
• tape
• loop
• buddhamachine
• ambient
• music
• sound

[soundfromwayout]

Dave, did you ever have Mrs. Bartel at Madison Junior High? We did tape splicing experiments in 7th or 8th grade with reel-to-reel tapes her dad used to have. It was really cool stuff, and in retrospect, way awesome. We recorded sounds ourselves around the school and then made a light show to go with them.

[buriednexttoyou]

I clearly did not have her, because we never did anything nearly as awesome as that in any music class I've ever taken.

...you've inspired me to make a sequel to this video. STAY TUNED.

[Lambothirteen]

Mac or PC. I NEED THAT PROGRAM. how do you make the three screens of different video!!!

[buriednexttoyou]

I'm using Final Cut express on a Mac. Hope that helps!

[MrMrjjaammeess]

here is your orange Sheerrrberttt

[raretist]

what article have you been reading?

[cxpage]

Love it!

[Gmancrap]

So beautiful. Can you record this and post it on mediafire or something?  Also, you should make more!

[JeneeneB]

great demonstration

[KeithMMeldrum]

nice loop man

[sdh483]

@JamesMLeo Those are late 90s XLIIs. They're not that great.

[ewanmerrett]

very cool man i actually just put up a video on my channel using tape loops but this totally blows it out of the water

[JamesMLeo]

You destroyed those XLIIs! Blasphemy! I am trying (and failing) to do this to some old TDKs. Do you have a link to the tutorial you used?

[subby33]

Old school splicing lol. You are very cute !