Long before audio engineers had fancy digital delays, or even crappy analog delays, there were tape delays. Running a tape around in a loop with a record and play head is the basis of the Echoplex and ...

Back in the 1990s, you could get a tape player shaped like a can of Coca Cola. [Simon the Magpie] scored one of these decks and decided to turn it into a tape echo effect instead. It didn’t work so ...

A tape loop may serve to isolate a SOUND OBJECT, allowing analysis of its ENVELOPE or SPECTRUM, for instance. In TAPE MUSIC and MUSIQUE CONCRETE, tape loops are often employed to create a rhythmic or ...

If this year turns out to be epochal in the history of tape recording, as it may, it will not be by reason of any awesome scientific breakthrough. It will be because of a Japanese invasion, now ...