Cut a strip of tape about 2
feet long.
Splice the ends together.
(This will be our looping tape.)
Put the tape on the new wheels and over the play record
head.
Now start the recorder and record. Every time the metal part of the
tape reaches the sensor the track automatically changes to a new
track.
Okay that was the foundation of this new looping device, however now
the fun begins as there are several additions that can be added. Such
as:
1] Add additional play heads
2} Add switches that turn on and off the left and right record
channels.
3} Add cassette record heads
4} There is a metal strip that changes the tape track (program as it
was called in the seventies) This can be used as a randomization trigger.
Imagine placing a metal strip at 3 other points on the tape and engage
record. Now what will happen is the tape will
record, but at certain points switch to a new track and record there. So now
you have random material on different tracks. Also you could place metal
strips at different points along the tape path so the tape would switch as
it plays.
5] Add a switch to the sensor so that you can switch tracks
manually...again to add random recording. Or used during play back to switch
tracks randomly
6] Add another play record head and reverse it. This may or may not
work.
7] Use better quality audio tape.
You see the potential... This takes the musique concrete approach to
a different
place.