[sdiy] Tape Deck Module Brainstorm (was Fw: Re: [AH] Sampler Module for Modular????)

[Kyle Stephens]

Hm, so there's some kind of RIAA-esque EQ treatment for tape? Makes sense, though this is my first time hearing of such.

While getting more complicated, if I could run a closed loop of spliced tape over some larger wheels, connected to servos, that would improve the control with the motors I suppose (more tape moved per revolution of the motor).

This is starting to sound more and more impractical, but by the same virtue it seems all the more fun. I've some old Walkmen to play with, so we'll see what happens. Even an outboard ghetto delay/flange unit would be a fun toy to have :]


_Kyle

--- On Thu, 1/7/10, Harry Bissell <harrybissell at wowway.com> wrote:

> From: Harry Bissell <harrybissell at wowway.com>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Tape Deck Module Brainstorm (was Fw: Re: [AH] Sampler Module for Modular????)
> To: "Kyle Stephens" <lightburnx at yahoo.com>
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 7:16 PM
> Different speeds will need different
> tape eq, and the motors have limited
> ability to change speeds. It would be lo-fi...
> 
> There was an 8-track echo unit that used cassette tapes,
> they made the base speed
> 3 3/4 ips and added additional mototr current via the
> 'fast-forward' windings to get faster
> speeds.
> 
> Could be goofy fun...
> 
> H^) harry
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kyle Stephens <lightburnx at yahoo.com>
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Sent: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:12:05 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [sdiy] Tape Deck Module Brainstorm (was Fw: Re:
> [AH] Sampler Module for Modular????)
> 
> Hiya List...
> 
> There was some interesting talk recently on AH about
> recording with tape. I've no where near the funds nor am
> that infatuated with the sound of tape recording to invest
> in a full blown deck, but I had a lower-fi idea come to
> mind:
> 
> Take the guts of a few hand held (ie: small) cassette
> players (maybe 3-4), and stick em in a module. Have voltage
> control over recording and playback speed (with two decks
> one can tune playback to do octaves, chords, demonic vocal
> pitch pitch bends and slowdowns etc.), and triggered/gated
> playback (play sample for duration length X or as long as a
> gate is present).
> 
> Least these are the ideas I have so far - anyone else think
> of anything cool I could do with this, and what might be
> good ways to go about doing it?
> 
> Shifting and scaling 10V p-p CV to run the motors directly
> seems logical enough, and a 555/556 for integrating the
> triggers/gates...
> 
> 
> _Kyle (out of the loop or onto something reel good?)
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 1/7/10, Kyle Stephens <lightburnx at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Kyle Stephens <lightburnx at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AH] Sampler Module for Modular????
> > To: analogue at hyperreal.org
> > Cc: "chris neotek" <neotek303 at hotmail.com>
> > Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 5:49 PM
> > Chris,
> > 
> > Seb Francis has a DIY toy in the works that is a
> sampler,
> > among other things:
> > 
> > http://burnit.co.uk/sdiy/index.php?page=digimod
> > 
> > A few times I've spoken to him about it, and seem
> it'll be
> > a while til it's fully available; the hardware is good
> to
> > go, though the software needs some finishing up. Seb
> has the
> > code he's done so far available if you ask for it,
> though
> > you're asking here on AH and not SDIY, so dunno if you
> can
> > ride that pony or not (I sure can't yet). It's an all
> SMT
> > board, which may not be your cup of tea either, though
> it's
> > cool enough to be worth the trouble imo.
> > 
> > 
> > I've been playing with an idea of sticking the guts of
> a
> > few handheld cassette players in a module, and have
> voltage
> > control over record and playback speed, kinda a proto
> > sampler/Mellotron-in-a-module, though again this is AH
> and
> > not SDIY, so I'll save more thought on that for the
> other
> > list :]
> > 
> > 
> > _Kyle
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 1/7/10, chris neotek <neotek303 at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > From: chris neotek <neotek303 at hotmail.com>
> > > Subject: [AH] Sampler Module for Modular????
> > > To: "AH" <analogue at hyperreal.org>
> > > Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 10:33 AM
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Is there such thing for a modular system as a
> sampler
> > > module? Does anything like that even exist? 
> > > 
> > > I guess, it would have to have audio in and
> either CV
> > or
> > > MIDI
> > > for triggering, with some input patch points for
> real
> > time
> > > sample manipulation. I think I’m dreaming, but
> I
> > hope not.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > > 
> > > Chris.
> > > 
> > >     
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