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Hey I don't know how many DRUMDROPS records were made but I have (5) of them and they are "useful" in some context or another...GOINLOOPY...STANNER ---------- >From: "Larry Tremblay" <ltct@concentric.net> >To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> >Subject: Re: open reel deck looping? >Date: Mon, Apr 24, 2000, 12:07 AM > >> A friend of mine uses a couple of reel-to-reels for all his music >> sequencing/recording, he can't afford a sampler and/or computer. >> > Yep, one of the origins of sampling and sequencing, and it still > works great. Sounds better, too, IMHO. > >> He sequences by cutting up individual notes and drum hits on the tape, >and >> then joins them together into loops. These loops are his sequences. > > Does anyone remember the pre-digital era records called Drum Drops? > This series of LP's contained real cheesy studio-recorded drum > tracks of *realdrums* in a variety of styles. They were called > Drum Drops because you basically 'dropped them into the rhythm > track' on tape, building up a complete drum track 2 to 4 measures > at a time, i.e., a sequence of drum samples. > >> To keep things in time he draws a graph on a piece of paper so that he >> knows how long each note/beat/sequence/etc. should be, showing him where > to >> cut the tape. >> >> His reel-to-reel has an old telescopic radio antenna attached to the > front, >> with something on top of the antenna for the tape to 'roll' over, and he >> extends the antenna upwards to hold the loop tight. >> >> He runs these loops on a two track reel-to-reel and then records them >onto >> a 4 track reel-to-reel to allow layering/multi-tracking of multiple >> loops/sequences. >> >> He has 'racks' on the wall with all his tape loops hanging on them. >> >> Total lo-fi sampling/looping, it's really amazing what he does with it. >> >> It really gives a loose feel, seemingly more 'organic' and 'real' than >> computer based sequencing. >> > > I agree. Tape is still one of the most rewarding, if time consuming, > methods of looping and sampling. Some things are actually easier > to do with tape. > > - Larry T >> >> >> >> >You an use any reel to reel for looping. The Revox is >> >just a *nice to have* for it's simplicity and quality. >> > >> >I still prefer the sound and tactile simplicity of analog >> >looping over digital. >> > >> >Gino wong - who's an LD member - sent me a spare loop arm >> >he had lying around which is very useful for setting up >> >loops of varying length. I imagine these can be salvaged >> >from broken recorders. >> > >> >Check the archives under "loop arm". November 1999, I >> >think. >> > >> >BTW, Gino - I figured out the mic clip thing for holding >> >the loop arm. Works like a charm! I have a few new ideas for >> >an adjustable tapeloop device based on David Keane's excellent >> >book, "Tape Music Composition" (1980). >> > >> >- Larry >> > >> >> anyone? >> >> >> >> i just inherited a fostex model 20 1/4" open reel deck. looping tool >or >> >> bookend? (it looks nice enough, and i've got room in my studio to >have > it >> >> just sit there, but if i could make it earn its keep somehow when i >'m >> >tired >> >> of checking the edp faqs for simple answers to stupid questions, it > would >> >be >> >> nice). >> >> >> >> (just don't say "well, if it was a revox...") >> >> >> >> lance g. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >