Members Dr. Goldenglove Posted August 15, 2012 Members Share Posted August 15, 2012 I'm curious - what does a tape (with music recorded on it, obviously) sound like if there have been holes cut in it? Do you know, by any chance? I was watching a documentary on Einsturzende Neubauten and they talked about doing exactly that with one of the tapes - but nothing was said about what it sounded like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I'm curious - what does a tape (with music recorded on it, obviously) sound like if there have been holes cut in it? Do you know, by any chance?I was watching a documentary on Einsturzende Neubauten and they talked about doing exactly that with one of the tapes - but nothing was said about what it sounded like. Sure - I can tell you exactly what it sounds like. It sounds like nothing. IOW, whenever the tape is cut away, you will hear nothing. The audio can be muted / gated through the editing. The characteristics of the mute can be adjusted with editing techniques. For example. the length of the mute is determined by the length of the gap and tape speed. You can time it based on the BPM of the music and the tape deck speed in IPS. You can also abruptly edit with a 90 degree cut, or do a more gradual ("faded") edit with a angular cut. All of this is quite common in Musique concr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr. Goldenglove Posted August 15, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 15, 2012 Yeah, I was talking about not full cuts, but more like holes punched in the tape. I have an old Fostex tape cassette portastudio that I doubt I'll ever use conventionally, and was wondering what I could do with the tape itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted August 15, 2012 Members Share Posted August 15, 2012 bugaboo i wonder if that translates over to russian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted August 15, 2012 Members Share Posted August 15, 2012 Yeah, I was talking about not full cuts, but more like holes punched in the tape. I have an old Fostex tape cassette portastudio that I doubt I'll ever use conventionally, and was wondering what I could do with the tape itself. Well, use your imagination. If the tape is cut all the way across all the tracks cut out, so if the tape just has a hole that goes some of the way across only some tracks will cut out/ fade. That's what my imagination tells me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted August 15, 2012 Members Share Posted August 15, 2012 although the loss of magnetic field might create sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITROHOLIC Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 im pretty sure the mids will drop out where the holes are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 In my head, it sounds like tremolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted August 16, 2012 Members Share Posted August 16, 2012 it will sound like broken tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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