RE: Infinite ambient music
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I never owned a micro cassette, but I worked with people who used them a lot. I would not expect the quality to be great. I did use standard cassettes a lot as my main music medium for years. Now everything is digital, but you still rely on the quality of the microphone. I've seen @ale.dri use basic mics for lo-fi results. Of course now you have plug-ins to emulate those sounds.
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Lofi is all the rage and thats great, it is encouraging us to seek imperfection in a world of pristine mass produced music. Artists like Yann Tierson, Olafur Arnalds and others are known for passing piano sounds through tape machines. So coool.
I did own a tape recorder once and loved it. I recorded stories for my Grandmother to listen to and did all of the different characters voices.
My mum used a reel to reel for her dance classes for a long time before cassette took over. He is right about belts perishing. I had to replace one in our record deck, but then it is pretty old.
I think I still have some cassettes, but don't have a deck set up. I had a portable mono one for storage for my BBC Micro, but that is long gone.
Tape was a convenient medium. You could pass around cassettes or VHS to friends. Of course a lot of copying went on.
Be kind, rewind.
Yes, it's true, I use vintage microphones, some of which are high quality and some of which are more mediocre. Apart from a few experiments, I only use these microphones for effect, to add a sound to the mix that enriches the final result in some way.
It's all valid if you get the sound you want.
I'm doing some experiments with making my own triggers using my 3D printer. There are various drumming items you can make with that.
Wooo, really??? This is very interesting! Will I be able to buy some in future?
I'm not planning to sell them, but if you know someone with a 3D printer then they are not too hard to make and a lot cheaper than ones you can buy. I have something in this post, but will write more when I have them set up.
Great idea! :-)