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Tape looping techniques

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 7:24 pm
by fmshred
Hey

I recently discovered William Basinski who is creating beautiful pads and evolving pads using tape loops. I would like to discover the complete workflow of it. What is he exactly doing t acchieve the eveolving sounds? How do these 4-Track tape recorders work?

I would like to create these eveolving loops aswell and I´m thinking about getting a cheap one. On the other hand I already own an Octatrack who would might be able to do this aswell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQenY8CiAGA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM59gZLdHPw