As a 50yr old dude with fond memories of riding my bike to my dishwashing job with my walkman-style tape deck jammin metal mix tapes and recording jam sessions with friends on models slightly larger, the irony of this video in 2024 is not lost on me. I must have owned ten different "Walkman" style tape players in my youth, but Im still young enough that, in my time they were all basically called, "Walkman"s" My favorite was a Seiko brand that my mom got me for Christmas one year, it took so much abuse and worked until the door fell off and I think I actually just lost it. Tapes are so nostalgic for me. It was all about the quality of headphone one used as to the listening experience though.
Hey hello! So far the videos of you that I watched felt more like "two friends having fun together with inside jokes and stuff". Il liked that, but now, this is on another level, incredibly useful. Thank you so much!
@@stephpicher thanks for the kind words! We're stoked you like the content and we are beyond happy to help folks get started in their tape adventures 🙌
@BatteryOperated can you do video on circuit bending but you list parts you want to avoid that could damage the board i dont think many people talk about that they just say it it sparks leave it be but i want to be extra safe with a keyboard i wanna bend so some tips would be nice thanks also look into getting a cheap chinese keyboard from like idk temu or something and bend it as they're said to be unbendable and i wanna put you guys to the test and it sounds really funny
Well, that was far and away the best, most concise summary of tape usage in the modern age I've ever seen. My career as an ambient drone musician is now over. :P
WARM!!!! He said the word! Tbh ive been looking for the least painful way of making a tape echo. So it's good to know this stuff is being dealt with. I only have space for synths. Not a Hacking work shop. I have to say that tape loop sounds gorgeous. You guys should make those tape machines commercially.
0:48 actually produce a song? I thought I’d gear heads were just meant to salivate over our tools, not make stuff 😅😅😅😅 I joke if course - looking forward to sitting down to watch this whole thing😊
To clear the tapes, you can use an old tape demagnitizer like the ones sold by Radio Shack under the Realistic brand (they sold them from the 60's to the 90's).
@@bill-sr1vd haha it probably seems cold because I'm one of them guys who just never takes their coat off... 😅 We avoid sound on sound by keeping an eye on where the recording started, if you can see the join where you stuck your tape loop together; that's the easiest bit to keep track of. Start your recording and keep your eye on one spot of the tape when the join passes by start playing 🎶, and when you seen the join pass by again, stop ✋️
Have you guys heard of 10-turn potentiometers? They give very fine control. One disadvantage is they take ages to go from one end to another but a bypass switch would help for speed.
@@stevesm2010 yes, rotary pots! Probably too fine of movement in them for a tape player, would be helpful when tuning to a synth but a nightmare for the DnB jam 😆
Welcome back boys...missed you...👍 BTW - where do you get the antistatic plastic stuff? I'm using insulating tape over the erase head and it's not always successful...
@SepiaOfficinalis-up5rl possibly, as long as the magnetic part is blocked you'll be good to go, be warned though you don't want any sticky parts touching the actual tape ribbon itself cus you'll never get it off 😅
That's what it's all about, having fun, looking forward to the next one. Thanks
Genuinely one of the best production vids and tape based videos iv ever seen. 10/10 lads.
@@fergisuzzz9190 thank you so much, glad to help!
As a 50yr old dude with fond memories of riding my bike to my dishwashing job with my walkman-style tape deck jammin metal mix tapes and recording jam sessions with friends on models slightly larger, the irony of this video in 2024 is not lost on me. I must have owned ten different "Walkman" style tape players in my youth, but Im still young enough that, in my time they were all basically called, "Walkman"s" My favorite was a Seiko brand that my mom got me for Christmas one year, it took so much abuse and worked until the door fell off and I think I actually just lost it. Tapes are so nostalgic for me. It was all about the quality of headphone one used as to the listening experience though.
Hey hello!
So far the videos of you that I watched felt more like "two friends having fun together with inside jokes and stuff". Il liked that, but now, this is on another level, incredibly useful.
Thank you so much!
@@stephpicher thanks for the kind words! We're stoked you like the content and we are beyond happy to help folks get started in their tape adventures 🙌
Finnaly the tape boys have returned i love the vids
@@kadenshoemaker6669 Thank you so much for watching! We're aiming to do more YT videos this year 😎👌
@BatteryOperated can you do video on circuit bending but you list parts you want to avoid that could damage the board i dont think many people talk about that they just say it it sparks leave it be but i want to be extra safe with a keyboard i wanna bend so some tips would be nice thanks also look into getting a cheap chinese keyboard from like idk temu or something and bend it as they're said to be unbendable and i wanna put you guys to the test and it sounds really funny
This was a great and educational watch! Using FL to make ambient jungle is WILD 😂
@@connorsol old habits die hard aha! ❤️
Three minutes in, and already you guys are surpassing most DIY tape music making advice by far. Well done!
@@autaar thank you so much for the kind words! We are happy to help 😎👌
Well, that was far and away the best, most concise summary of tape usage in the modern age I've ever seen. My career as an ambient drone musician is now over. :P
Great video thanks y'all
WARM!!!! He said the word!
Tbh ive been looking for the least painful way of making a tape echo. So it's good to know this stuff is being dealt with. I only have space for synths. Not a Hacking work shop.
I have to say that tape loop sounds gorgeous. You guys should make those tape machines commercially.
@@rodnee2340 check out our etsy store 👌
Great video ! Happy to see you back !!
Cheers so much for doing this. Game changer.
25:29 this is what heaven sounds like
Briliant !!!Thnx a lot guys!!!!!
0:48 actually produce a song? I thought I’d gear heads were just meant to salivate over our tools, not make stuff 😅😅😅😅 I joke if course - looking forward to sitting down to watch this whole thing😊
@@the_washington_monument_am9714 SALIVATION PROCRASTINATION RUMINATION ✌️😎 I'm here all week
@ PROCRASTINATION PROCLAMATION IN PERPETUITY.
You're from Oxford wicked! enjoyed the video.
To clear the tapes, you can use an old tape demagnitizer like the ones sold by Radio Shack under the Realistic brand (they sold them from the 60's to the 90's).
@@Francois_L_7933 indeed, but if you live outside of USA or Japan; you're looking at a £80/£100 price tag 😵💫
It's great to see a new video from you guys. It always looks so cold in your studio! How do you avoid sound on sound when making a gapless loop?
@@bill-sr1vd haha it probably seems cold because I'm one of them guys who just never takes their coat off... 😅
We avoid sound on sound by keeping an eye on where the recording started, if you can see the join where you stuck your tape loop together; that's the easiest bit to keep track of. Start your recording and keep your eye on one spot of the tape when the join passes by start playing 🎶, and when you seen the join pass by again, stop ✋️
11:06 erase head muting tip ❤
Awesome stuff!
Have you guys heard of 10-turn potentiometers? They give very fine control. One disadvantage is they take ages to go from one end to another but a bypass switch would help for speed.
@@stevesm2010 yes, rotary pots! Probably too fine of movement in them for a tape player, would be helpful when tuning to a synth but a nightmare for the DnB jam 😆
Waiting for mine in the mail now 🤘🏻
Ace work
Welcome back boys...missed you...👍
BTW - where do you get the antistatic plastic stuff? I'm using insulating tape over the erase head and it's not always successful...
@@n.k.turley2496 don't feel disheartened! it does take a bit of fiddling... we make it look like it works first time every time in this video 😅
Could you also just put the electric tape on the cassette directly to block the erasehead?
@SepiaOfficinalis-up5rl possibly, as long as the magnetic part is blocked you'll be good to go, be warned though you don't want any sticky parts touching the actual tape ribbon itself cus you'll never get it off 😅
interesting. i’ve heard older cassette players are better quality, something refurbished would surely be better than a player built today