Patch and Tell: Tape Loops Sound on Sound tutorial

[@mikegeary8056]

I use HVAC tape to cover the erase head. I just put a little square on it. It comes off really easy and doesn’t leave a residue. I also ordered a splicing block with splice tape. It’s like $30 and well worth it in my opinion. I make sure to use type 2 tape for my loops. It makes a big difference in fidelity.

[@JohnoWells]

exactly what I needed! THANK YOU! New to all this....

[@thegalaxyelectric]

Hey! Would love to see what you do with them!

[@BritishCryptids]

Perfect explanation! Thanks.

[@thegalaxyelectric]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DECIMA1]

I love the color of that tape :)

[@charlescowper]

Thanks for the video ❤ I have just acquired the same Tascam as you. I record sound on sound but am unable to hear what i have recorded until i drop out of Record mode. Am i doing do thing wrong or is this a limitation of the process? Thanks.

[@thegalaxyelectric]

Yeah, that’s normal. It’s a two head machine like a standard recorder/reproducer. So no off tape monitor. You can monitor the other tracks at the same time.

[@charlescowper]

@@thegalaxyelectric Do you think that a machine with Tape Outs for each track would work? Maybe mix them externally with the main output? Thanks for the reply.

[@thegalaxyelectric]

@@charlescowper hey, no, actually, it is strictly an issue of not having a dedicated head for monitoring what is being recorded. That is the only way to overdub with pre-roll.

[@charlescowper]

@@thegalaxyelectric ah thanks. I wonder how easy it is to find a machine that can do that.

[@whatkingdom9712]

You can stick tape on the actual tape instead of using foil or taping the erase head

[@thegalaxyelectric]

not sure about this...can you expound?

[@whatkingdom9712]

The Galaxy Electric so instead of using foil, when I loop my tapes I just stick a bit of tape over the left side so it blocks the erase head. Same thing as foil but for me it was a bit more fiddly setting up every time. There’s a few more vids on here that show you what I mean

[@krzysztof1589]

where did you get these yellow plugs?

[@thegalaxyelectric]

www.duplication.ca/tab-plugs-convert-tab-out-cassettes-to-tab-in-25.html

[@krzysztof1589]

@@thegalaxyelectric thanks bro

[@hoover728]

Was hoping to have an actual tutorial on how to record and playback and what the loops actually sound like. Not sure that a 5 minute video on putting a piece of tin foil on the erase head was necessary lol.

[@thegalaxyelectric]

hello, thanks for your comment. this tutorial was intended to help people you bought endless tape loops from our shop and wanted to record with no gap. we got our best results with foil after trying many other possibilities. here is a playlist consisting of sound examples of our populated tape loops. hope this helps. -cheers kzbin.info/aero/PL0a9R_LMfoVtZC-NgOkBmU-8hyKBhnlmZ

[@LYFoulidis]

I was actually looking for a video about the foil 😉 It was helpful, thanks a lot!

[@whiterottenrabbit]

Agreed. Especially if the video is called a "tutorial", you'd assume that it ACTUALLY is a tutorial, instead of something that could have been said in literally a minute...