From the early 80s I worked alot with audio-tapes and -cassettes to create the material that I used to create the live radio-broadcasts and mixing shows.
\nAt first, all processing was done by hand :
\nOne technique used a lot was to cut audiocassette-tape appr. 9-10 cm. long.With a tiny piece of scotch-tape the ends were glued together so that it formed a loop, and it was then placed in a cassette end put to play in an cassette-player. With a little luck, it would play an endless \u00b14 seconds-long loop.
\nHaving several of these cassette-loops of varied lengths was sometimes enough to fill hours of radio without it getting over-repetitive, and thus boring.
\nAnother technique was making loops or repeating clippings by editing ,cassette-to-cassette, with the pause-button.
\nBoth of these techniques were avant-lettre sampling, sort of.<\/p>\n
Computers were introduced in the process around 1986,first a Commodore64, and later an Amiga.<\/p>\n
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\nBasic Material<\/a>
\n<\/a>Radio Broadcasts and\/or mixes
\n<\/a>Beats<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"