Re: [microsound] Tape recorder techniques

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Hi Phil
 - Ah thanks! This way of getting a reverb 
effect is purely acustic and quite great for 
this project because we will not use effect 
processors at all. The effects we will use 
have to be made without the use of effect 
processors etc. About the filtering method, 
we have made some recordings where we put a 
small contact mic into an empty wine 
decanter, gained it, and breathed, whispered 
and talked into the decanter. That gave a 
quite weird effect. 

-Kasper

> don't know how to do reverb with tape 
loops. You may be thinking of echo
> which is made by playing with the time 
delay between the record and
> playback heads. If you have two tape 
recorders, you can make longer
> delays, Robert-Fripp-style. Also I read 
once how Pauline Oliveros once
> made tape music and used paper towel rolls 
as filters and played sounds
> into the bathtub to get reverb. There are 
lots of ways to get
> interesting effects without outboard 
effects units. 
> 
> ph
> 
> 
> >I have some questions about the different 
> >techniques in manipulation of the 
magnetic 
> >tape. Me and a friend is currently 
working 
> >with splicing and cutting tape. We 
utilize 
> >these ways of manipulating; change of 
speed, 
> >direction, and delay. Here in his studio, 
we 
> >have only one tape recorder right now, an 
> >old 2 track. However, I am aware of 
effects, 
> >like reverb, made by the use of tape 
loops 
> >only. I would like to ask how this is 
done, 
> >and also how many tape recorders would be 
> >the minimum for this and similar effects 
> >that is possible with the use of tape. 
> >The only sound sources for this piece we 
are 
> >planning and setting up for recording, is 
> >the sound of 7 glasses with different 
> >amounts of water, resonanting, and then 
we 
> >put the glasses on a hard surface; the 
> >surface is connected with two contact 
mics, 
> >one for each channel -left and right. 
What 
> >type of surface would be best fitted for 
> >this? We are thinking of a thick glass 
> >surface... Any help and/or comments on 
all 
> >of this will be highly appreciated. 
Thanks! 
> >
> >-Kasper 
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