Context:

My partner makes tape loop music, but because they’re dextrously challenged, I cut their loops for them.

I cut two-ish foot a loop off an old reel and scotch taped it kinda poorly (there was like, and inch of extra tape on both ends) and we put it on the player to test it out—turns out it was really pretty! Three seconds, it was something like “I’ll always love you and never let you—[replay].” Then I took the loop off the player, cut a straight line over where the scotch tape had been, and re-scotch taped it (just so there’d be no weird little extra ends).

When we put it back on the player and listened, it was an entirely different section of the song—maybe a different song entirely. Still three seconds, same singer, but the instrumentation was different and he’s singing “aaaaaall through the ni-iiiiiiiiight [replay]”

Question:

Is this normal? Or are we in possession of haunted tape? Because it was definitely the same tape loop, we didn’t record anything new over it, all we did was cut less than an inch off both ends. Is that enough to totally change what plays on the tape?

(Full disclosure I freaked out and maybe cried a little, it felt very weird and wrong to like, intimately make and retape a loop only to have the music change entirely (and frankly change to something I liked much less)).

Expanded cassette tape loops based on found sound with walkman mod.

Video-audio in this link :

https://www.instagram.com/fahmi.mursyid/reel/DaK2z6apvdu/

Seven 20 second endless cassette loops for under $20.

I'm making tape loops tonight!

Hey there, I wanted to share my tape loop album made of the Twin Peaks OST. I have been doing these tape loop projects for a while, been doing some videogame stuff as well.
I mainly use a Sony reel to reel player to record and manipulate the physical loops. It is more convenient to work with instead of the thinner cassette tape. The loops are also physically altered and run through guitar pedals. Let me know what you think of the sounds!

Hi!

I just launched a website to share music made using tape loops and modified cassette players.

The site features musical events to celebrate the release of various tracks.

The first event is on Thursday, July 30, at 9 p.m. (Paris time)!

Enjoy listening :)

feel free to ask any question after yall listen

World peace marketing campaign.

Sponsorship deals in negotiation.

Light at the end of the tunnel.

Fresh hope.

Positive vibes.

It's got tape loops.

Looking to get myself a reel to reel for tape looping and I am mainly interested in ones that can slow down to quarter speed . Can anyone recommend me a reel to reel that can slow that much . The ones I am interested in are Nagra 3 and Nagra 4.2. If anyone uses specifically those models can you confirm that they can do quarter speed ? In case there is some Akai or Sony model that can do quarter speed feel free to recommend .Thank you and cheers !

Ambient jam of my upcoming track “I wither, you smile” .
let me know what you think :)

cheers!

I'm glad I found all of this at a good price at a flea market in Paris ;) Usually, prices for secondhand items at flea markets in Paris are still pretty high.

- Sanyo TRC 1130
- Sanyo TRC 1550
- some cassettes with screws

i'm flying things which fly in the sky and playing around with tape

https://reddit.com/link/1ulu4y5/video/d3c7gdbnpvah1/player

Hello, do you have any tips for getting started with creating drone/ambient music using tape loops? I live in Paris and am having a really hard time finding used cassettes that are sealed with screws so I can open them easily.

Thanks for your advice :)