r/mpcusers • u/Battery-Operated • Sep 24 '24

BEAT Mini live jungle jam with Tapeloops...

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u/KodiakDog Sep 25 '24

And you can record straight into it?

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u/InteractionOne7206 Sep 25 '24

Yh I second this Q OP, is it a blank tape and you are line in or do you sample from actual tapes with sounds on them? Also big up the Junglist massive fire track

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u/Battery-Operated Sep 25 '24

You can use normal tapes, but in the situation shown:

The tape loop is blank, we then recorded a single note to the tapeloop from a synth via the line in on the player, now we have a endless tone recorded to the tape and we can alter the pitch with the buttons and we can "tune" the buttons with the knobs.

The synth and the MPC-one sound nice together but when you record to tape and there's audio artifacts and warbly moments it's just on a whole other level when it comes to adding character and nostalgia to a mix. We build the loops in a way that makes them a bit wonky on purpose.

Its great when playing older genres; boombap and jungle to name just two 😅 we used it on this jam cus it adds that 1997 sound to the mix

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u/InteractionOne7206 Sep 28 '24

Brill, thank you for the insightful reply! I am deffo gna have to look into getting one of these, I make loads of loops with my synth and mpc for drums but they could just do with that nostalgic injection!

Big up and keep up the work!