How to make Ambient Music by destroying Cassette Tapes [Tape Loop Tutorial]
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- Let's make an endless cassette tape loop together. I'll walk you through how to make an ambient tape loop of your very own using some tools you may already own. I'll show you how I take sample libraries I already own and transform them into something truly unique.
**LISTEN to the finished track we made in this video: hypeddit.com/lrlx9b
with Shawn Williams ( / shawnybgood )
*FREE ambient drones Sample Pack: bit.ly/LyraSprings_free
0:00 - why I make tape loops
1:05 - what you need to make a loop
2:46 - what makes cassette tapes cool
3:25 - making the loop
4:19 - how long should your loop be?
6:18 - cutting the tape and joining the loop
9:00 - feeding the loop through the cassette
11:06 - testing the loop
12:08 - what went wrong and re-testing
13:26 - recording to the tape loop
15:08 - performing the loop with effects
16:24 - how it sounds with no delay
16:55 - with Meet Maude delayssss
18:24 - manual manipulation and speed control
18:56 - magic button (half-speed bliss)
22:20 - making a full track around the loop
23:25 - more strings from a friend
23:53 - END RESULT
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For everyone new to cassette tape (like me ;) ) there is a "hack" called "Sound on sound" recording where you cover erase head of your recorder with thin foil etc.not only you should get rid of the gap but also you can "sum" the sounds on a single track
Exceedingly informative with a healthy dose of humor is always a winning combination.
Thank you for showing how frustrating this process is- the sausage getting made -my buddy and I spent an evening making tape loops to use and there was lots of cursing (and laughing) but every other demo I've seen of someone doing this they put it together in no time at all and make all of us mortals feel even more so.
Really like your channel and your perspective on creativity.
The art of tape loops looks so intriguing. I recently acquired my first analog synthesizer and have been loving every aspect of that- I think the whole tape loop practice will be my next bit of “analog fun” I wanna explore (: Great video JNJ.
the end product is so gorgeous oh my god this is incredible I need to do this project
Thank you yet again sir for the quality content. Your contributions make our world a better place.
one of the best youtube videos ever! i'll be trying this soon. thanks for the info.
This was an extremely informative video and I appreciate it, amazing stuff! Thank you for putting the time into this.
Thank you for watching! Glad it was helpful 🙏
Incredible work!
Awesome video! I love the full footage of the process, including little mistakes before it properly works.
I bought a blooper to emulate this tape-ish thing, but is not the same.
Really good track too!
excelente explicación!, muchas gracias!!! la música suena hermosa.
Dude, amazing!
This piece have a nice Sigur Ròs "Valtari"/Jonsi & Alex feeling... Love it !
This is amazing.
Lovely!
really excellent and entertaining tutorial! I'm a tape guy, but not much of a tape-loop guy, and this inspires me to make my own
really good video
you created an amazing piece with this technique
i wish you the best and keep going with your passion.
It's cool to see you making amazing sounds with interesting music making techniques
😄😄
Great stuff
I love the way you say wheel
9:26 Right here… Was getting ready to fast-forward that tape deck. Haha Thought you were going to say “Before we do that let’s have a word from our sponsor”. Such a good video man.
simply amazing, entertaining and educational. thank you. 🙏 also, it was fun to see that all my hickups was done by someone else too. The pliers on the rotten plastic really got to me! ❤
Best video yet
This video was amazing, thank you! Now if only I can figure out how to do it on the smallest budget.
Beautiful Dude! You've just inspired me to get an MT400 :)
Dude. Just wow. 😳
This was so awesome man, sounded fantastic! As someone who is prone to violent outbursts doing something like this is not me for I discovered after numerous attempts lol but amazing video dude, very lovely sounds
Thanks for the incredibly in-depth tutorial. I’m gonna looks soooo suss going to goodwill looking for tapes with screws today…
I saw a guy in another vid lay the tape ends together face down on the sticky strip of a post-it note which frees up your frustrated fingers while applying the sticky tape to back of the music tape.
😎🍻 always enjoy your content 👍
Thanks Ed 🙏🙏
Haha this is classic stuff man! But seriously, this is great. You're a loop master of the universe.
Five out of five Henson's hahah
Three comments now, but this was so inspiring man
Haha glad you enjoyed it man!
Hmm, plenty of food for thought there. Thanks.
Sounds awesome! Excellent video. I have an old consumer grade JVC dual cassette deck that I sometimes record directly to before bringing the audio into my DAW. I don’t think I have the patience or steady enough hands to pull this technique off though. If you made some ready to loop cassettes and put ‘em on reverb I’d buy them!
Try battery operated on Etsy.
I'm subscribing to your channel ,mainly because you "properly" addressesed your digital work station as ; D.A.W. NOT dahhhhhhhh! lmao....btw, I've engineered sessions with Trent R. and Chris Verena... I appreciate ya. and guys like you ,doing what you do on YT.
Been meaning to do the cortini hurt thingy. The break the cassette housing part is what I needed to see. Or the basics. I’m guessing blank dot ms has some tuts on this?
Yep Blankforms and Amulets both have good videos on the subject 👍
5:59 Gesundheit!
Wow, that came out really gorgeous. Hope you didn't step on that piece of plastic later!
Pardon my ignorance - I’m still a NOOB at this stuff. So, up to four tracks can be… layered onto a tape? I would have assumed that, if you record say four segments of music on a tape, that they would be back to back, one after the other [in series]. But if you can activate any individual segment of music, at any time, by sliding a slider of your choosing then that confirms that, the recordings were not made in series but instead, layered. Did I get that right? Please let me know. Cheers!
Do you find the gap created by the erase head much of a problem? I have issues playing around it with 5 second loops but I imagine with a longer tape loop it would have a less dramatic effect on the feel. Your method of getting the sounds onto the loop is a great idea
Check "sound on sound" method for getting "no gap"
I'm just at a loss at how to deal with excessively curly tape that's been bound up for 30 years. I just can't seem to get the loose bits to behave in the shell.
5 out of 5 Hensons hahaha.
Is this William Basinski inspired video?
Not really. I’m aware of his work but not too familiar with it.
Have ypou tried answer phone cassettesi think their wound like 8 track carts i know Radio Shack used to make them you might be able to find new old stock on e baythey came in lengyhs of 30 seconds 45 swconds & 90 seconds
William Basinski-ing your music
Maxwell.... LOL
Can't you just have a tape loop inside the cassette? Why does it have to be external?
Doesn’t have to be external, but it does allow for longer loops and manipulation of the tape by hand.
Now take the tape out, flip it over and run it backwards..... see what that brings.. :)
It brings childlike wonder. Every time. :)
that tape is going to degrade very quickly
Good
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are you using TWO shallow waters to lofi warble the lofi warbelly cassette loop sound in stereo? yes you are. How dare you? And how dare you watch this and not push like? AND how dare you boutique pedal maker to sell boutique MONO pedals in 2024 for serious dough? and how dare you buy two letting those greedy sleezy lazy bum developers to even get away with making mono pedals and even buying two? they even save serious penny not putting finish on the pedals. enough i go to bed.
no they are meet maudes, how dare i mistake them.
Nice ❤
i found you today by looking up matriarch on instagram, been hooked ever since 🔥👌🏼
I appreciate that man! Good to know Instagram is still good for something. Ha