[sdiy] Tape head collage (pretty much not synth DIY, sorry)

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I forget what movie it was (and the Internet Movie Database was no 
help)--some NYC art scene documentary a good 20 years ago--that shows Laurie Anderson 
playing the tape head violin.   

Seem to recall Tim Kaiser, the fellow whose site of FX/synths built into old 
test equip etc. came up here a few days ago, did something similar with a 
cello.    Okay, the Electro-Cello, as seen here:
http://www.duluth.com/%7Etimkaiser/project4.html

Darryl and Nate's respective tape collage projects sound very fun.   Ditto 
the request for links to sound examples, plus if you take ever this stuff out on 
the road, please forward when and where.

Also fun:   scope shots of contested waveforms.

Back to lurking,
Kevin Seward

In a message dated 11/19/04 7:47:01 PM, gene at ixiacom.com writes:


> There was something like this on ebay a couple months ago - kind of 
> bizarre.
> Also reportedly Laurie Anderson used a violin with a tape head near the
> bridge and a bow strung up with mag tape instead of horsehair.
> 
> - Gene
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of John L Marshall
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 4:28 PM
> To: daryl groetsch; The Peasant
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Tape head collage (pretty much not synth DIY, sorry)
> 
> 
> Back in the last century there was a magazine, if I remember correctly was
> called "The Source", that one issue contained a large magnetic square that
> you could run a tape head over to hear the sounds.
> 
> Take care,
> John
> 

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