Tape Loop

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   Is there a device that could make a tape loop effect that isn't a reel-to-reel?  If there is I'd like to know how to go about obtaining the device. Thanks!

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aqualung28 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 03 2004 Status: Offline Points: 916	Topic: Tape Loop Posted: May 12 2005 at 20:00
	Is there a device that could make a tape loop effect that isn't a reel-to-reel? If there is I'd like to know how to go about obtaining the device. Thanks!
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James Lee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525	Posted: May 13 2005 at 03:34
	I suppose you could splice a regular cassette tape into a loop. That's really the only other analog solution I can think of, unless you wanted to mess around with things like analog delay units. If you didn't mind going digital, there's hundreds of 'loop samplers' out there..even something old and cheap like the Akai S01 or the Boss SP202 would work for you....and of course, you can do it right on your PC, as any audio program worth having has a loop function. What kind of looping do you have in mind? Frippertronics-type stuff, or more avant-garde musique concrete experimentation?


sigod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779	Posted: May 13 2005 at 10:03
	There are software emulators that do a very good job or re-creating the sound of tape loop and their degredation but are you after a hardware solution?
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aqualung28 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 03 2004 Status: Offline Points: 916	Posted: May 13 2005 at 10:18
	to James Lee - I'm probably going to do a musique concrete type composition or something experimental/industrial in the vein of Throbbing Gristle to sigod - A software emulator is perfectly fine thanks for the help guys!
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thrang theng Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: September 09 2005 Status: Offline Points: 74	Posted: September 09 2005 at 18:57
	I found an interesting solution on how to convert a Portastudio 414 into a tape loop recorder using infinite tapes (like the one that have in the old times the telephone answers machines the one with the neverending music you know what I mean?) Perhaps is worh to look at www.Loopers-delight.com adn find the writing that describe this issue. Search on tips and tricks, as far as I remember... Edited by thrang theng
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cobb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 10 2005 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1149	Posted: September 09 2005 at 19:20
	Stick with a digital solution. There are lots of products out there such as fruity loops

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	8-track!
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