I Made A TAPE LOOP STYLOPHONE And You Should Too

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  • I had this super fun idea of playing tape loops as a stylophone. So I made it. Very fast and easy diy that potentially is smart maybe idk.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 146

  • @amuletsmusic
    @amuletsmusic Рік тому +50

    Love this and the pause stylus button - very clever!

  • @Rickenbacker4005XC
    @Rickenbacker4005XC Рік тому +16

    That’s brilliant! Two of my favorite esoteric instruments in one. Thinking of tape loops, you could add an Echoplex to the mix and create an Echo-mello-stylo-walk-plex-tron-phone-man! Also missing theremin. It’s 2022 and there should be theremins everywhere by now.

  • @denismulliner1927
    @denismulliner1927 Рік тому +6

    The drums are really my type. cool, crazy, noisy. great little build

  • @intelligenceservices
    @intelligenceservices 10 місяців тому +1

    the start and stop thing is a cool effect of course, but maybe if it was continuously running and the stylus was completing the speaker circuit would be cool too. maybe it could be optional with a 3 way switch.

  • @kcahdp
    @kcahdp Рік тому +1

    9:00 dope theremin!

  • @svartsjokolade
    @svartsjokolade Рік тому +3

    Sounds like someone chugged a few espressos and started playing a theremin hahaha. Very fun idea!

  • @ericseeley3074
    @ericseeley3074 Рік тому +3

    You should make a circuit bending course. I’d buy the crap out of your circuit bending course.

  • @cassumkenneth
    @cassumkenneth Рік тому +6

    I literally just bought one and was looking got a 4 track cassette recorder yesterday. This is fate. Big fan of everything you do!

    • @WE.ARE138
      @WE.ARE138 Рік тому +2

      Classic 🧰🤌

    • @WE.ARE138
      @WE.ARE138 Рік тому +1

      If you don't mind me asking what types of gear do you rock? I only ask because I just started using the sampler app "KOALA" it is really user friendly and I can't stop using it. Any way I can imagine it would be a great addition to your 4trak and or a minimal set up. What ever you do rock, keep Rocking! And having fun is key as Magpie shows us!👊✌️

    • @RaverOperatorGeeza
      @RaverOperatorGeeza Рік тому +2

      @@WE.ARE138 Koala sampler is great. I managed to make a whole tune on it.
      Got a little frustrating at mastering stage being all touch screen, but bang for buck it's an incredible app!

  • @alexmousley7213
    @alexmousley7213 Рік тому +5

    Always inspirational and entertaining to watch your videos. I bet Hainbach is kicking himself that he didn't think of it!

  • @hunterdavis3003
    @hunterdavis3003 Рік тому +2

    The music you randomly come up with always amazes me? Not to mention the freaky instruments that you somehow make sound killer?!?

  • @clementdorient2849
    @clementdorient2849 Рік тому +2

    The tune at 3:20 is amazing !

  • @zaptainkuboom5520
    @zaptainkuboom5520 Рік тому +2

    11:58 reminds me of Bowie's Ashes to Ashes

  • @FrequencyOfThought
    @FrequencyOfThought Рік тому +2

    You're very creative. Never stop

  • @RGudmetalhead
    @RGudmetalhead Рік тому +40

    It's like a if stylophone and Mellotron had a baby. Stylotron? Really cool consept and I like the use of 3D printed parts to make look as a finished thing.
    Also, let me guess, that tape cutting on 2:27 is one of your intentional comment baits, isn't it? Like, I remember you talking about baits on podcast, but I'm still a bit triggered, lol.

    • @bonemar66
      @bonemar66 Рік тому +6

      If you get a kiddie keyboard and put a button on each key, attached to however many tape players each with a tape loop it could be a "magpie-tron". Put a fader or pot on the side of the keyboard as a pitch bender for all of them (motor controller for 15 / 20 / 25 cassette players). Not sure if ELO would approve, but who cares?

  • @Multi-Waves_Sketchbook
    @Multi-Waves_Sketchbook Рік тому +1

    Very intrigued with the album!!! Can't wait

  • @reggiep75
    @reggiep75 Рік тому +23

    Techmoan is crying in pain at the Walkman torture shown here. The wow and flutter is a blade into his soul. 😂
    But still, this is a spicy project and entertaining all the same!

    • @U014B
      @U014B Рік тому +2

      Given how well it seemed to be working before anything was done to it, I don't think many tears are being shed.

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 Рік тому +1

      @@U014B - It's no longer a standard Walkman and you do realise I was taking the piss, evidently by having to use an emoji to signify it was meant to be taken as HUMOUR.
      😐😑😐😑😐

    • @Wolfstanus
      @Wolfstanus Рік тому

      @@reggiep75 IDK man. I tend to ignore all emojis someone uses. Especially since most times it's used in a spamming way or some horrible hot take when they know they are wrong

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 Рік тому

      @@Wolfstanus - Lighten up.. It's not exactly the end of the world, but WWIII still might be around the corner 😉🤗

  • @rthoulouze
    @rthoulouze Рік тому +1

    Nice drums, and the bass slaps!

  • @WE.ARE138
    @WE.ARE138 Рік тому +1

    STAY AWESOME DUDE! LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR ALBUM DROP!

  • @afreezaphorogiancossack2194
    @afreezaphorogiancossack2194 Рік тому +1

    Simon, I've been on the edge of trying something with a cassette for a while but you just sent me over. I'm not even halfway through this and I'm really pleased with what I'm seeing and hearing. I'll be seeking more details on this, I'm already subscribed. This is really nice.
    EDIT: I'm not really a Cossack, I just used to read adventure novels a lot!

  • @dustyaudio
    @dustyaudio Рік тому

    Very clever, looks fun!

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic Рік тому +1

    I've seen monophonic monotrons made from tapes loops. But I'd like to have a full keyboard of them. I would need what, 37 tape recorders for a small keyboard? That's a lot. There may have been a time when I could get my hands on that many for cheap but they're not easy to find second hand now and they're too expensive new. I love that sound though. Like an Orchestron or a Monotron. When the real tape inside gets a little warbly as it ages. It has a spookiness to it that I love.

  • @prestonheck
    @prestonheck Рік тому +1

    Definitely a neat idea, I love tinkering

  • @garethrns
    @garethrns Рік тому

    Righteous work you glorious corvidae

  • @haus_cat
    @haus_cat Рік тому +1

    Very neat , love it 🔥👏

  • @VarionJimmy
    @VarionJimmy Рік тому

    Woooipp! 😁
    I also liked that sound.
    Great idea. 👍

  • @irfanmustafa_sonikbingit
    @irfanmustafa_sonikbingit Рік тому +1

    WOWWWWWW AMAZING! U really inspires me!

  • @omarwaqar8637
    @omarwaqar8637 Рік тому

    this is amazing, looks like hours of fun.

  • @DJKickstarter
    @DJKickstarter Рік тому

    That is the craziest Drum n Bass I have ever heard, nice.

  • @improziv
    @improziv Рік тому

    Clever. The pause button idea was the best part for me. Thanks for sharing!

  • @MythicalVigilante
    @MythicalVigilante Рік тому

    That distortion made it all okay👌@9:50

  • @01001000010101000100
    @01001000010101000100 Рік тому +1

    I've seen one of your videos and I hated it. Probably, that was my childhood dreams to do the things you do. So yeah, I hated it and I watched another one just to torment myself more. And then I've checked your music on Spotify. And... I discovered the truth behind those absolutely mad and ridiculous contraptions you build. IT SOUNDS AWESOME! It's something you would swear it can't work. It's just ridiculous. But damn, I love it. I'm a "digital guy", I'm not into analog sound, but you somehow can make those weird guys play in an oddly musical way. Definitely, analog junk music is A THING, you can't just code everything, there's something oddly satisfying in that sound.

  • @thevagabondtree6426
    @thevagabondtree6426 29 днів тому

    You r awesome im excited ^^and inspired thankyou

  • @lo-firobotboy7112
    @lo-firobotboy7112 Рік тому

    The button on the stylus is brilliant. I could see a Stylophone or Gakken SX-150 with a stylus for pitch with a button tip for cutoff or LFO etc.
    Wicked build!

  • @volsteh
    @volsteh Рік тому +1

    oh look a loopophone!

  • @Ipherix
    @Ipherix Рік тому

    I love the little WOOIIP noises!

  • @ModernPsychadelic
    @ModernPsychadelic Рік тому

    Cool project!!

  • @radiorain5665
    @radiorain5665 Рік тому +1

    Mad scientist!

  • @Left-Earth
    @Left-Earth Рік тому +1

    @10:57 _"That was sounds."_ 🤣

  • @fantasticrectangles1663
    @fantasticrectangles1663 Рік тому +1

    Great idea!

  • @magnuslilleberg1941
    @magnuslilleberg1941 Рік тому

    Yo! Thanks for the inspiration, my man. I'm currently fiddling with a cassette-based tape delay module-thingy, but I'll have to get around to making my own version of this stylo some day as well. Totally. BIG uP!

  • @MultiReadify
    @MultiReadify Рік тому

    Pinky’s out! Well played.

  • @guitfidle
    @guitfidle Рік тому

    That high pitch whoosh when you lift up the stylus would sound pretty wicked through an envelope filter with some distortion and echo.

  • @wadewilson4761
    @wadewilson4761 Рік тому

    Yeah ! An album !!

  • @dawudmc
    @dawudmc Рік тому

    looking forward to your album

  • @faulderrr
    @faulderrr Рік тому +1

    You are definitely a pretty dope stylophone player!

  • @DivKid
    @DivKid Рік тому

    Excellent!

  • @Toasterskirt
    @Toasterskirt Рік тому

    Honestly, I might just do that to my walkman, I wanted to to do the Mellotron one but it just seemed to complicated (I'm kinda dumb) and this seems simple enough for me to do and produces really cool stuff

  • @spencerhanning5974
    @spencerhanning5974 6 місяців тому

    That's so damn cool! Thank you again

  • @nicolabelle1415
    @nicolabelle1415 Рік тому +1

    This is the thing ! Should be Nice to have kind of schematics about that sound beast ✌🏻

  • @brianspenst1374
    @brianspenst1374 Рік тому

    I was just about to ask you to sing your falsetto to play. Then you did it yourself. That was great!

  • @douglaspearch3813
    @douglaspearch3813 Рік тому +2

    You should have invented this in the 1950’s you would have been an avant- guard electronic music pioneer.

  • @rocanrolafx2179
    @rocanrolafx2179 Рік тому

    What an inspiring fantasy! Great as always Magpie! Kind regards from planet Earth...

  • @inthefade
    @inthefade Рік тому +8

    There is a guy who sells cassette players converted into CV-controlled tape oscillators. I believe it is called the Ondes-Magnetique.

  • @DiegoTheAlves
    @DiegoTheAlves Рік тому +3

    This guy would probably turn himself into a synth if he could

  • @travisguide4516
    @travisguide4516 Рік тому

    This was beautiful sounding even the step on ketchup sound

  • @thesaintcroxx203
    @thesaintcroxx203 Рік тому +2

    Sweet Jesus I'm onto tape loops rn 💀

  • @duncan-rmi
    @duncan-rmi Рік тому +1

    just a thought, but maybe use a normal tape instead- those little transports struggle to provide the right back-tension for loop cassettes. just fill up a c90 or whatever with a single tone or whatever.
    real mellotron here, & lots of tape-recorders, & (as of last week) weird #11. thanks- nice to have a bit of magpie in the house. wonderful stuff.

    • @robotsmcdooda2861
      @robotsmcdooda2861 Рік тому

      Check the guy from nin tour rig the guy that made the strega , he does this kind of thing using tascam 4 track ..

  • @swishpan
    @swishpan Рік тому

    Brilliant! So you can record kind of melotron sounds and play with them.

  • @andrewk3703
    @andrewk3703 Рік тому

    You, Sir Magpie, are a font of "outside the box" inspiration. I am now compelled to add a speed control to this cassette recorder thing I'm looking at. I subscribed to your podcast, and I feel ignorant every time I listen. Ignorance is bliss. Thank you for indulging me.

  • @Brokenirisart
    @Brokenirisart Рік тому

    That was sounds .. lets make sounds more . Love this guy

  • @gustavoberocan
    @gustavoberocan Рік тому

    that is really a cool idea! maybe you could go build a mix of ondes martenot and melotron.

  • @MetaHoudini
    @MetaHoudini Рік тому

    Super cool!

  • @thetinabelmont
    @thetinabelmont Рік тому

    This seems like it would be interesting with a very thick sound recorded like layered strings or stacked synths. It would also be interesting to try it with doubled electric guitar lines, choir, and looped machinery or engine sounds. Or maybe even just filtered noise!

  • @fathersfilk
    @fathersfilk Рік тому

    Could you just solder the softpot ribbon directly to the motor like a regular speed mod?

  • @danopticon
    @danopticon 6 місяців тому

    Conceptually it’s very interesting, but in execution calling it “lo-fi” is extremely generous … even “no-fi” might overstate the case.

  • @erikmylenek5377
    @erikmylenek5377 Рік тому +1

    Can you post a link to the sensor? I found the company, but Im not sure what the exact strip is.

  • @spurioustransients
    @spurioustransients Рік тому +1

    I think it's brilliant, but I would suggest mounting your pitch strip the other way around, so the low notes are at the left-hand side and the high notes are on the right, as on a keyboard, guitar neck, etc.

    • @inthefade
      @inthefade Рік тому

      Maybe he wants it to be counter-intuitive to inspire creativity. Try playing your keyboard upside down for example. It's pretty fun!

  • @EleniEliades_
    @EleniEliades_ Рік тому

    You so CRazY!!! I like it.💡🎶🤖🤙🏽💥❗

  • @nustar1
    @nustar1 Рік тому

    Ver 2.0 With a the Stereo Head, split Left Right two tracks and use spring load3d stylus to modulate

  • @ChunterInfo
    @ChunterInfo Рік тому

    This is like dictaphone pedals as a contact strip to me.
    Dictaphone was meant for office typists to transcribe meeting minutes, controlling the speed of the playback with their feet as they type

  • @ChrisLeeW00
    @ChrisLeeW00 Рік тому

    So not a lot of cassette players have a dedicated speed control, but the chip that drives the motor that you can connect to for fun results. AN6650 in two of the newer models I have. There is a small potentiometer hooked up to it to set the speed, and its easy enough to bypass that to your own ribbon potentiometer. I need to make this but so far I’ve only sketched out the idea.

  • @o0oo888oo0o
    @o0oo888oo0o Рік тому +1

    Circuit bending ASMR, thank you so much for your messy expert routine sir! ¡Mucho Gusto! ENSEBEEELEEEE D:

    • @o0oo888oo0o
      @o0oo888oo0o Рік тому

      BTW any tips for making my lazy ass more time-efficient- whats the easiest way to record analogue stuff through aux? Jus tha cables plus audio interface?

  • @Povilaz
    @Povilaz Рік тому

    Very interesting!

  • @chancecsmith
    @chancecsmith Рік тому

    Brilliant.

  • @ritofuturito
    @ritofuturito Рік тому

    Beautiful 🤩

  • @angaudlinn
    @angaudlinn Рік тому

    Nice! I've been wondering what to do with that exact same Sanyo model lying in a drawer for the last 20+ years. This might be its fate. :)

  • @afraidhishorses
    @afraidhishorses Рік тому

    so cool !!!

  • @mikelean66
    @mikelean66 Рік тому +1

    Have you ever toyed around with a ‘Drawdio’ lead conductive synth? Seems like there may be a way to disengage the pause and pick a tape speed simultaneously without the momentary switch and/or ribbon…. Just maybe 🧐

    • @mikelean66
      @mikelean66 Рік тому +1

      P.s. imagine the potential with an 8track recorder? Switch through multiple recording samples at the push of a button!

    • @robotsmcdooda2861
      @robotsmcdooda2861 Рік тому

      Add two stylus

    • @robotsmcdooda2861
      @robotsmcdooda2861 Рік тому

      @@mikelean66 Alessandro cortini tour rig with nin...

    • @robotsmcdooda2861
      @robotsmcdooda2861 Рік тому

      What is drawdio please .

  • @myprivateunderground
    @myprivateunderground Рік тому

    I LOVE YOU DUDE!

  • @JSlackArt
    @JSlackArt Рік тому

    You rock!

  • @bcbudrecords
    @bcbudrecords Рік тому

    very cool !

  • @PhillipRaymondGoodman
    @PhillipRaymondGoodman Рік тому

    So much super wharble goodness

  • @zrizzrall
    @zrizzrall Рік тому +1

    this is too fucking cool omg I'm so into this stuff i feel like i'm 15 and a girl

  • @id.unknown1283
    @id.unknown1283 Рік тому +2

    try recording electric guitar when the distortion I think it might be magical

  • @dasczwo
    @dasczwo Рік тому

    Now can we make the pitch accept cv? That be cool

  • @oscartuamigoelrand0m0.o
    @oscartuamigoelrand0m0.o 22 години тому

    Where can I find a tutorial to do that?

  • @franciscopascua2554
    @franciscopascua2554 Рік тому

    te amo magpieee

  • @JoshuaDb_The_Witness
    @JoshuaDb_The_Witness Рік тому +1

    I think I have all the parts to make this. Can you post instructions?

  • @marcraygun6290
    @marcraygun6290 Рік тому

    Hey magpie do you have a sphynx?

  • @theaape
    @theaape Рік тому

    Great!!!! 😍😍😍

  • @gottliebheinrich8413
    @gottliebheinrich8413 Рік тому

    stylomonophon-mellotron

  • @mothbox20
    @mothbox20 Рік тому +1

    Take my money!!

  • @DoctorWhomThe1st
    @DoctorWhomThe1st Рік тому

    Time to hit up the second hand stores to get cassette tapes lol

  • @lordhazelnut1359
    @lordhazelnut1359 Рік тому

    So basically it's a Walkman with a built-in Lfo
    Cool

  • @end7essx
    @end7essx Рік тому

    Madman

  • @PandaKattPk
    @PandaKattPk Рік тому

    Cheers

  • @QuantumKatmusic
    @QuantumKatmusic Рік тому

    Black moth super rainbow would be proud

  • @erewrw1906
    @erewrw1906 Рік тому

    am i meaowing cuz im happy, am i meaowing cuz im sad, am i meaowing cuz i had ... to a lad, cuz im glad .. that im not very, insanly, mega, fantastic , overly mad

  • @NicStage
    @NicStage Рік тому

    That sounds like a minor key to me!

  • @rashodlewis2918
    @rashodlewis2918 Рік тому

    🐱 shirt is 🔥🔥🔥