Long before audio engineers had fancy digital delays, or even crappy analog delays, there were tape delays. Running a tape around in a loop with a record and play head is the basis of the Echoplex and ...

A lot of digital processes are named after an old analog device that they’ve since replaced. It’s not uncommon to “tape” a show nowadays, for example, even though the recording work is actually done ...

Today, we live in a world of highly portable, highly functional electronic media devices of incredible capacity. The songs contained on boxes of 45 RPM records of yesteryear can now be downloaded from ...

A tape loop may serve to isolate a SOUND OBJECT, allowing analysis of its ENVELOPE or SPECTRUM, for instance. In TAPE MUSIC and MUSIQUE CONCRETE, tape loops are often employed to create a rhythmic or ...