Filling a Tape Loop with Drums 

I found an easy way to get perfect loops. I just record something onto the tape, and then time how long the loop is based on when it repeats. Then i use this beats-per-minute calculator (toolstud, can't link it), that does the math for what different tempos fit within that time. So for an 11 second loop, you can do 16 beats at 87 bpm, or 24 beats at 131 bpm etcetera. Then i'll just listen to a metronome at whichever bpm and play to it when laying down the first loop. Actually, since i can't monitor where i'm at on the tape, i just do all the subsequent layers to the same metronome and let them fall where they may. The results are surprising.

This is so great! Excellent! I love it.

amazing! I really liked the sounds created when you did the lofi EQ on track 1, and the double speed!

Everyone should write a song in 11/4 at least once in their life.

To me it is the perfect drum tone, 3 mics you get the sound bro👏👏👏

sounds therapy man. nice one

Sounded so incredible when you rolled up the tape speed, just those pedals through the send and return already make it sound like a fully finished track alone!

That original groove you guys came up with is straight genius! Beautiful work guys!

Sooo sick

I love it!

Nécessairement gééénial 😆Hi!👋Ma première K7 TASCAM fut une succession de tests quasi-inaudibles. Je ne comprenais rien au fonctionnement de l'appareil, je tâtonnais, tantôt j'enregistrais en speed normale, et puis le morceau d'après en high, ....et en plus j'enregistrais sur la piste A puis B??!! Vous imaginez? UN VRAI BORDEL 😶Un soir avant de dormir, j'ai mis mon casque et j'ai réécouté ce vieux vestige qui sonnait dans tous les sens et à toutes les vitesses dans mes oreilles lol=> Ça m'a inspiré une mélodie : ))) Et elle a mangé tout mon sommeil!! Voilà en partie ce que je voulais vous faire partager en découvrant votre ^tape^ La création inattendue est souvent anecdotique, et dans vos vidéos `purement` intemporelles c'est un monde à l'envers que vous remettez à l'endroit. Vous êtes vraiment doué pour ça! Et puis aussi, vous contribuez à perfectionner mon anglais! Je comprends mieux maintenant loll même si je vous écris encore en français^^ Bons Délires👍+++

Can't fully explain how wonderful this is to me. Thank you

Great work as always!! Thanks for the kind words!! ❤

Man this sounds awesome! I especially love when you pushed it to double speed.

LOOPSSS

yeah, that double time is sick

Man, that sounds awesome, love the layering and processing! ❤

love the sonic experimentations but also the video editing. Great stuff man 👊

You've been hitting it out of the park recently! Was listening through my phone speakers and it still sounded ace

Nice! I dig the cassette tape. Used to do it on reel to reel . But cassette is way cool

This process was so rad to watch!

This is so awesome.

Keep doing what you're doing man this is awesome!

Great job and fun toooooo thanx, I like your videos :)

Very cool!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Dope AF

Highly inspirational, 🙏👍 thanks bro'

Another great video man!

well done

insane

Very nice!

Rad

Love all the tutorials and videos about tape loops, and this one is awesome as well, amazing skills! But is it just me or why do all the content creators just skim through the most important thing of how to create the drum track loop perfectly without any misalignment. Is it some top secret information they don't want to reveal? Who doens't think that getting the loop in sync is the most important thing, especially when working with tape? Like, you can't just wing it, you have to meticulously plan end execute everything, no? But every video is like "I just made this tape loop, period, no further details are given"... **slow clap**

This is absolutely crazy!! This is so inspirational and I appreciate all you share here! What’s the amount of recording time you have on that loop cassette?

Cool!

Dude, your drum loop intro sounded lime "lookin down the barrel of a gun"

First! sounds good chris.

Am I right in thinking that you worked out the tempo of that first kick, based on knowing how long the tape loop was? Or did you have to figure out the length of tape / length of loop time, then find a tempo that would work within that time? If the latter, how did you do this? Do you just experiment with tempos, until you hear a decent repetition without too much of a glitch / jump? Either way: This is very cool. Cheers!

Even this experiment sounds great. I can easily imagine this is not you but Massive Attack =)

hey dude!!!

damn!!! is like Propellerheads Reason but better 'cause it's in tape... oh my! im still struggling with the tape length vs tempo accuracy ratio for a perfect in tempo loop. Can you explain some of that, please? Great job, man! Greetings from Chile

Jw, how did u apply phantom power to the sm7b on the kick but not to the ribbon mic?

I found a 4track tape machine on FB Marketplace, did some googling here, and now I'm interested. Should I buy it?