Release year: 2022
Manufacturer website: IO Music Academy
Author: Randall Taylor (aka Amulets)
Duration: 05:35:09
Handout type: Video tutorial
English language
Sample files: none
Video Format: TS
Description: Learn the ins and outs of creating music with tape loops with one of the medium’s premiere practitioners, prolific audio/visual artist Amulets. In this exclusive livestream course, Amulets will demonstrate the entire process of working with tape loops, from building your own to working with four-track tape, multitracking and recording, and creating entire compositions with tape. Discover what makes magnetic tape such an incredible tool for creating lush soundscapes, textured drones and much more.
Your Instructor
The prolific, Portland-based Randall Taylor is an audio/visual artist best known for his musical project, Amulets. Taylor’s work uses analog tape and its imperfections to explore themes like degradation and nostalgia and their relationship to technology and to the self. By constructing and modifying tape loops and repurposing antiquated cassette players, Taylor creates dense, never-ending, looping soundscapes for both his live performances and sculptural sound art installations. As Amulets, Taylor pays homage to the paradox of memory and growth, creating a deeply immersive musical landscape in the process.
Video/Audio quality
Lesson 1 – Video Part 1
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×720 30fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 171kbps
Lesson 1 – Video Part 2
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×724 (558560:315483) 30fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 166kbps
Lesson 1 – Video Part 3
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×724 (558560:315483) 30fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 159kbps
Lesson 2 – Video Part 1
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×720 29.97fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 157kbps
Lesson 2 – Video Part 2
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1280×720 29.97fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 159kbps
Lesson 3 – Video Part 1
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×1080 30fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz mono 115kbps
Lesson 3 – Video Part 2
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×1080 30fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz mono 129kbps
Lesson 3 – Video Part 3
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×1080 30fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz mono 124kbps
Lesson 4 – Video Part 1
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×1080 30fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 157kbps
Lesson 4 – Video Part 2
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×1080 30fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 164kbps
Lesson 4 – Video Part 3
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×1080 30fps
Audio: AAC 44100Hz stereo 151kbps
Content :
Day 1 – Building a DIY Tape Loop
Lesson 1 – Video Part 1 (23:30)
Lesson 1 – Video Part 2 (34:28)
Lesson 1 – Video Part 3 (26:10)
Day 2 – Recording to Tape Loops
Lesson 2 – Video Part 1 (36:14)
Lesson 2 – Video Part 2 (51:08)
Day 3 – 4 Track Tape Machines
Lesson 3 – Video Part 1 (29:11)
Lesson 3 – Video Part 2 (27:32)
Lesson 3 – Video Part 3 (22:56)
Day 4 – Mulitracking and Recording
Lesson 4 – Video Part 1 (29:34)
Lesson 4 – Video Part 2 (29:32)
Lesson 4 – Video Part 3 (24:50)
