Melodic Ambient Music | Snowy Tape Loops | Uher 4000

[@TM1861]

Woke up at about 4 am. Wife fast asleep. Found this. Listened to it in the dark. Loved this! Thank you!

[@dblay9367]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@garaughty]

Lovely work on this dB !

[@Thallishman]

Thank for sharing. That was mesmerising to me😍

[@giovannigramegna8566]

You deserve more views, man. Awesome job.

[@dblay9367]

I appreciate that!

[@juantesino7764]

Beautiful music. I love tape loops

[@zeugma6065]

Definitly deserves more views.

[@dblay9367]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Fractalfrog]

Beautiful! I love the scenery..grew up a hour from there! Thanks for sharing the awesome.

[@dblay9367]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed the music & footage.

[@blackcookies]

I like it. Very nice sound, like the mood. Great to see UHER 400 in action. What I do not like is fence in the video ;)

[@waltmodul7948]

Very beautiful !

[@solidground4157]

Lovely work and a dreamland of sounds! Following!

[@dblay9367]

Thank you much! Glad you enjoyed the sounds.

[@PinesinJune]

Love this! Is it available to Stream on Bandcamp or Spotify?

[@jonnyhavens1854]

Gorgeous!!

[@dblay9367]

Thank you much!

[@hrsnmusic]

This is wonderful!

[@dblay9367]

Thank you!

[@alphanuevo]

Nice work. This has a great vibe.

[@dblay9367]

Thank you much!

[@docjfnoel]

Perfect! You've earned a sub!

[@dblay9367]

Thank you!

[@dreamprescription8852]

Wow!!!

[@dblay9367]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SoundMediaVibes]

Nice! :)

[@dblay9367]

Thank you:)

[@AleMoglia]

Amazing piece. Great job. Quick question on the Uher 4000. Did you mod the recorder to bypass the erase head for looping?

[@el_camino_real]

Nice job! Did u use amplituner?

[@zuzannazytko2755]

Nice music.... which Effects do u used?

[@Papers61]

Wait..... you're not Brian Eno...... Very nice !!!!!

[@dblay9367]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

[@pablomironramos9109]

Hi! Congratulatrions for this, sounding beautiful! One question: Have you canceled the eraser head to build the loops? If so, how have you done it? Thinking about getting one Uher myself... Thank tou very much for the help!

[@ShakyPr0ducti0n]

Beautiful and inspiring. Does the 4000 play loops well? I’m yet to see any videos of it being used to create loops without the use of a reel. Does it have enough pull to play just around a bottle without use of a wheel for example? I’m so impressed with its sound but not so sure if it’s the most flexible for looping.

[@dblay9367]

It's a great tape machine, although I wouldn't play tape through it without the reels on it. The mechanism that holds the reels on the machine is fixed to the reel posts. If a tape loop was played without a reel to help guide the tape I think the tape loop could get tangled on this machine. I loop with the Uher all the time, it's great!

[@ShakyPr0ducti0n]

@@dblay9367 that’s really helpful. Thank you.

[@RobertTheWild1]

Hello there! Great sounds/vibes man! I have a question for ya! So somewhat recently I acquired an Uher 4000 Report Monitor off eBay (before I realized I could get one NOS). I bought a DIN to 1/4 female jack adapter to be able to use either an SM57 or my PGA48 into it, and I noticed you have a DIN to 1/4 female jack adapter in your setup as well. I was curious how you got yours to work, because I've run into some troubles with mine. I've got a 5pin DIN to 1/4 female jack adapter plugged into the mic input infront of the unit, with a Shure PGA48 mic w/ XLR to 1/4 male jack cable. I can't seem to get any decent signal to transfer onto the tape without cranking the gain on the Uher all the way up, and with me either raising my voice into the mic or the volume of my source. I'm not sure if maybe I have the wrong DIN pin configuration, or perhaps its wired wrong? I'm kind of stumped at this point. Any advice you could give would do wonders! Thanks.

[@Wazulon]

Very Pretty. And so old school. Watching you splice tape reminded me of splicing together old super 8 movies back in they day. I'm thinking of forking out the cash for a Uher 4000, Was just wondering if you've ever used it for field recording? And what mic did you use for to record the piano and glock in this vid? Awesome work. :)

[@dblay9367]

I have not used the Uher for actual field recording. Only for capturing sources around the studio. It's possible to buy NOS Uhers from Germany. This is where I bought mine. Search SDS Sprang Uher & email the contact listed. Super nice folks & it's a new, never used tape machine. I used a Sennheiser 421 on the Wurlitzer & KM 184 on the glock. Both mics went through a Grace Felix for the mic pre. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Wazulon]

@@dblay9367 Thanks for the quick response. I've bookmarked them and will check them out :). Cheers.

[@michaeldietrich880]

how did you get it stereo? its a mono reporter only.

[@thamelmusic]

Really beautiful music and footage. May I ask where it is ?

[@dblay9367]

Thanks again! The footage is of Horetooth Mountain Park Ft. Collins, Colorado.

[@thamelmusic]

dBLay Three years ago I was lucky to record an album in Lakewood, Denver. And on a day off I went up to FairPlay in South Park. One of most beautiful scenery I ever seen. Colorado , at least , what I've seen of it just blew my mind. Still friends with some musicians from Denver and working with them, touring and recording.

[@dblay9367]

@@thamelmusic That's great, I love that part of the Colorado. Let me know if you are ever in the area again. Where are you located?

[@thamelmusic]

dBLay Belgium, Europe. Some gigs in Denver were scheduled at the end of December this year but all got postponed with the Covid thing. I made close friends with Slim Cessna and all his band mates from Slim Cessna Autoclub, Denver Broncos U.K., Wovenhand, ... Right now finishing an album recorded here in Belgium last February with Slim...

[@knorfft]

Awesome work! I'm a little confused by the loop: Were these two separate loops recorded one after the other into the DAW and then mixed there or did you use some sound on sound technique to get a single loop? Can you elaborate on the process? If it's two loops, which speeds did you use respectively? I also sent an inquiry to get a machine from the old new stock. I hope they don't run out before I can get one!

[@dblay9367]

So this piece is two loops. Each loop is recorded into a DAW. One of the loops I recorded into the DAW three different times...I think. Each new pass into the DAW I played the tape back at slower speeds. I almost always playback tape at slower speeds. With that in mind, when recording to tape, select a faster speed so you have multiple slower speed selections to play with during playback. I hope that helps!

[@elianaColachis1996]

Hi! I am wondering how you are able to convert the reel to reel audio to your computer?

[@dblay9367]

Hello. Plug the output of the tape machine into a recording interface for your computer. Start recording in your computer's recording software then start playback on the tape machine. The audio on the tape reels will be recorded into the computer. I hope that helps!

[@bluegrasssasquatch4930]

Reminds me of Animal Crossing.

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