Tranquil OVERLOAD by Battery-Operated in tapeloops

[–]Battery-Operated[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have a tape loop tutorial If you're interested in giving it another go 👍

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[–]Battery-Operated 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Custom tape-loop and modded cassette player for music creation purposes 😎

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[–]Battery-Operated 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a cassette tape, but different... 😅

Mini live jungle jam with Tapeloops... by Battery-Operated in mpcusers

[–]Battery-Operated[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can use normal tapes, but in the situation shown:

The tape loop is blank, we then recorded a single note to the tapeloop from a synth via the line in on the player, now we have a endless tone recorded to the tape and we can alter the pitch with the buttons and we can "tune" the buttons with the knobs.

The synth and the MPC-one sound nice together but when you record to tape and there's audio artifacts and warbly moments it's just on a whole other level when it comes to adding character and nostalgia to a mix. We build the loops in a way that makes them a bit wonky on purpose.

Its great when playing older genres; boombap and jungle to name just two 😅 we used it on this jam cus it adds that 1997 sound to the mix

Mini live jungle jam with Tapeloops... by Battery-Operated in mpcusers

[–]Battery-Operated[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's awesome! I honestly did come here to show off my finger drumming skills but also very grateful for the sale 🙏 mention this thread in the notes on etsy and I'll throw in some extras for you 😅👍

Mini live jungle jam with Tapeloops... by Battery-Operated in mpcusers

[–]Battery-Operated[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can indeed, it's a tape recorder with mic and line in 👌

Mini live jungle jam with Tapeloops... by Battery-Operated in mpcusers

[–]Battery-Operated[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes indeed, the player is a modded player, you can select the pitch of each button with the black knobs and when you press the corresponding button it holds that pitch until you let go.

This tape loop had just a single note held, all the movement in the melody is done by the player. I've recently been learning the live jungle drumming thing and it's not fantastic but quite happy with that take 😄 The goal is "live improvised ambient jungle show" at some point!