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I don't know what cassette players in Europe have varispeed like this, but I think you can still find them on eBay and places like that. These are made in Japan so I think they did ship them to many countries.

Just one more thought, a really common cassette player that has this feature is the United States library of Congress machine. They're kind of pricey but they're very very cool

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Lol thanks

Any smugness was intended ironically.

Will restore you to health comrade!

Thanks dude

Neat!

Yes you absolutely could but I really wouldn't recommend it. This isn't a machine that has like crazy good sound or anything. And also it's going to record in mono and you probably want stereo.

Thanks so much mate. I'm just some guy making music for myself but it always pleases me when others like it!

@@SycamoreWillow That's the way to go. The Microcosm is super fun to play with, good to hear how it's being utilised by other people, lovely.

Hell yeah brother.

Hit me up!

Congrats!

Sorry for the crappy sound : th-cam.com/video/vTvLloK-IUo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=g4OTvmIzzOkj_WGd

Amazing! I wish we lived in the same city. We could do some fun events together.

@@SycamoreWillow so true !

Oh no! I hope I didn't bum you out. Thanks for watching internet friend :)

Wish you could be here, but thanks so much for taking the time to watch and share your thoughts! It feels good to share the love of art with good folks like you!

OMG thanks so much!

Same dude. Same...

Ahhh! Thanks for your nice words!

Thanks my dude!

Ahh! I just found your other video, which answered my question :) Thanks! th-cam.com/video/MvG_OXS-qVw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ahUaL9F-XtI0KyqQ

OH hahaha, nice! Apologies I didn't have time to respond to you sooner and more personally. As you mess with the machine please feel free to comment more here or find me on the the /Hainbach subreddit where I'm one of the mods. We have a lot of great tape and test equipment nerds there.

Hey there, first of all thank you for stopping by to watch a video and leave such a supportive comment! I appreciate it. I will be posting more soon. Part of the reason there's been a lull is I've had a really challenging couple of years with my day job. In addition, with my free time I've been doing more live, in person stuff like performing, workshops and helping put on events. That said, I'm so glad you want to see more and I have some new stuff planned that I need to find the time to make. My ideal timeline is to have a short series of new videos coming in Jan. Take care!

Great question! Mk II. I much prefer this version. I've had both.

Hey there internet stranger thanks so much for the kind words!

Hey there, thanks for coming by! In the video I used two cables that terminate in a 3.5mm connection. Here are links to some examples: hosatech.com/products/analog-audio/interconnect-cables/specialty-interconnects/cmp-300/ hosatech.com/products/analog-audio/interconnect-cables/specialty-interconnects/cmm-300/

Thanks so much!

Lol so true!

Hi there, thank you! I have not tried the Sound Skulptor TS500. I'm sure it is very useful so if it speaks to you I just suggest trying it and see what you think. That said for me I like the colors platform because in addition to the tape saturation color there's so many other colors that are interesting and you can chain them and per color they're pretty cheap.

Hey there! I'm gathering requests so may make another batch of these! Please DM me on Reddit. I'm u/jasongonzales23.

Ah yeah. I've always shied away from hitting record for hours on end because the thought of going back to listen seems too daunting. As a creative person/artist I'm always trying to lower the barriers to entry for things like this. So my preference is to one of the following. - Judiciously press record whenever something interesting is going on. - If I'm letting it roll for a while, never let it go beyond a few minutes without something interesting happening. If for example 5 minutes go by and nothing got me excited I'll just delete it straight away - Also if I'm rolling and something really cool happens, as soon as I have a hand free I'll drop a marker in the project. In my DAW I just press "m" so it's really easy and even reflexive by now In general, I bias towards editing when things are fresh and not to get too sad if I lose something. New ideas and sounds are always gonna come!

@@SycamoreWillow yeah it definitely seems the best way to go but I'm firmly in the other camp lol. Just record everything and worry about it later 🥲

@@tris421 As ever if it's working for you then it is good! I hope I didn't sound pedantic or like I was "correcting" your comment. Thanks so much for watching and stopping by to say a thoughtful and kind thing.

Hey there, thanks for this thoughtful comment! It's funny you mentioned feeling pressure to constantly create content. Like many others, making videos for TH-cam became a nice outlet for me during lockdown. Now that we're free to move about I'm more focused on performing and somehow just generally a lot busier. In a way I'm grateful for the time during lockdown where I could focus so heavily on music. That said I'm not grateful for the pandemic of course. Anyway, I have some ideas for new videos to make but I'm in no rush. Sometimes it's just a beautiful day and you need to get outside and ride bicycles or feel the warm sun while hanging out in the park with friends. Take care!

Hey there good eye that is a vintage Octava microphone. I love that little thing so much. Thanks to you for coming by!

@@SycamoreWillow Nice really cool!

Sure thing, let's chat! Head over to Reddit and message me. I'm a moderator on /r/Hainbach and my handle is jasongonzales23

In your case it's almost certainly just a matter of getting 4 RCA-to-TS cables. Two going into the recorder and two going out. So connecting instruments to the reel-to-reel recorder you'll only want to connect the line inputs and outputs of the reel-to-reel to your interface. I'm not familiar with your interface so I can't really give you any advice on that. But in general if you can get signal routed to the lineouts of your interface you'll be able to record to tape. If you connect the line out from your recorder to line inputs on your interface you'll be able to record the output from tape to your daw. Hope that helps let me know how it goes!

Oh hell yeah. That would be great

On the one hand I completely agree with you and beyond that I wish you could somehow get it back to an exact pitch you said I'm sure there's a way to do it but it's of course not built into the device. But on the other hand sometimes wild unpredictable devices can really force one to be creative

@@SycamoreWillow I believe Makenoise did it deliberately as it was viewed from a musique concrete perspective.

Oh yeah get it going and run it into some fun delays and verbs. You'll have so much fun. As for the power it's not hard to find replacement power supplies. If I remember correctly this one runs on anywhere between 9 and 12 volts and should have a positive center I'm not positive about that LOL pardon the pun

@Sycamore Willow Bought it back in 1982, used it when I played in a band back in the 80's. I'm taking to my computer repair guy tomorrow. Should be good after a few days. After that, grandchildren will not touch it. Lol

…just double checked and it’s just the 1/4” socket but it occurs to me I could mod my speed regulator box to include a CV in - that way I could potentially “tune” the tape speed ie pitch of the loop with the knobs and then play CV pitches in! Game changer!

I suppose my comments would make MUCH more sense if they were on the right video. Just by luck I was wittering on about Nagra and tape speed on a video about tape saturation - it probably nearly made sense. 😅

Lol I admit I was wondering! But honestly just glad to hear your thoughts. I suspect you meant these comments on a Hainbach video, right? If so that's a flattering confusion.

@@SycamoreWillow yes your interesting clip followed his one about the discovery that you can turn your Nagra into a pitchable looper with the Speed input. I love the idea of those modular tape saturation things BTW - I’ve forward them to a mate of mine who runs a studio. He’s currently struggling to restore an 8 track reel to reel. He’d be better off buying one of those racks!

5 start compliment right there :) Great to hear from you as always!

Hey there! So nice to hear from you again. Appreciate you listening and taking the time to say nice words :)

Ahhhhhh! So great to hear from you again. Best to you mate!

@@SycamoreWillow You too my friend!

Hey there! Thanks a ton for listening and taking the time to comment. I always like to emphasize that I'm just a middle aged synth dude and that someone actually engaging in my music totally makes my day. You did that for me :) Anyway, I have a couple things in mind about how this piece came about, I'll try to strike when the iron's hot and hopefully the video will be useful.

I'm always flattered and amazed that people find and like my channel. Thanks so much.

Hey there! Thanks for watching and for saying nice things :)

Hi Fabian, I'll drop a link in the description to where I got the box. Be warned that they often are out of stock on this box. Also, if you need to learn more or just want to chat about stuff, you can find me on the Hainbach subreddit. I'm u/jasongonzales23

@@SycamoreWillow Thanks! I was able to find the box on reverb. Getting ready to go down this rabbit hole. (my NOS UHER just got delivered today.) Will definitely look you up on Hainbach's subreddit.

@@FabianFalconettawesome, happy to help

I'm always happy to hear this kind of thing. Thanks so much for taking the time and to make a nice comment.

OMG thanks so much

You got me!

Interesting. What instruments were you using with night sky?

@@SycamoreWillow I would switch from the Dreadbox nymphes and then my guitar. For some reason I would get a good sound and then literally turn one knob for example the size/pitch and then I would just get way too much pitch information in the Reverb, which I never really like so I would turn it back and would never get the same sound lol. So I bought the vongon ultrasheer and also that UA golden Reverb. Couldn’t be happier. I love your videos I really dig your music. It’s inspiring you give me a new ideas constantly. Maybe I will get back into the night sky one day. Great pedal. I don’t know what my deal was. I’ve never gotten frustrated by a pedal before except for the night sky 🤦‍♂️

Thanks so much dude