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There's a big community of ambient/electronic musicians that are still using these things. They are popular for recording/playing tape loops and making tape del
by qrv3w 6y ago
There's a big community of ambient/electronic musicians that are still using these things. They are popular for recording/playing tape loops and making tape delays. I bought some recently to convert into a makeshift mellotron (they still run ~$15 on ebay!). [1] Also there seems to still be enough demand to fund kickstarters for new fancy cassette players. [2]
[1]: https://schollz.com/blog/tape-synth/ https://schollz.com/blog/tape-synth/
[2]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wearerewind/we-are-rewind https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wearerewind/we-are-rewi...
- BolexNOLA 6y agoDang missed the opportunity back and get one by days.
- dylan604 6y agoI still have a fondness for how the walkman's motors would slow down as the batteries died which caused a slowing of the sound. The beauty of analog. Today's digital equipment stops cold once voltage gets below threshold. Along the lines of the melotron, I wonder if you could hook up a pot connected to the battery inputs to manually adjust the voltage so you could control this slowing down effect. I could see it working to lower the voltage, but would these things speed up by applying a higher voltage than normal?
- DrScump 6y agoI just found my Aiwa HS-JX779 in perfect condition the other day. It was maybe the best prosumer portable cassette player/recorder ever made.
- sizzle 6y agoWhy not use a Sony MiniDisc player to record and loop? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc
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- usrusr 6y agoMore convenient digital samplers exist, avoiding those is the entire point
- hnu0847 6y agoSome are even still selling their music in cassette format. [1] [1]: https://boninibulga.bandcamp.com/album/sealed https://boninibulga.bandcamp.com/album/sealed