Someone needs to get this guy an ipad.

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Wow, that sounds way better than I expected it. This guy, who admits to being a newb at scratching, is sounding better than about 98% of all DJs who scratch. Maybe we're seeing 1970's technology finally surpassing 1930s tech.

I did tape scratching in the 90s a lot, with modified reel to reel machine. The technique i used is harder, doesn't differ from vinyl scratching a lot (except in mine, i didn't cut the audio with fader but lifting the tape head from tape. THe end result surprised me, didn't expect it to work as at that point, had no knowledge of anyone ever using that (now i of course know that i was actually late..) It is a lot like vinyl, you still need to keep manually rotating the reels, working with the tape motor, needing to hit hits precisely without actually seeing where they are (easier with reel but there's a lot of tape in that reel and manually rotating against the motor and motion, makes the tape tighten so you can't use marks on the reels either...) Plus few handy effect like taking both reels and just turning them opposite directions, making the tape sits still but stretching, making all kinds of nice screeching sounds as the vibrations from the reel and the tape are heard, not the audio material on tape...)

Next i'm thinking of refitting old 5,4" floppy disk with analog tape head and maybe drawing the recordings on to to it, attaching the tape head to the end of my index finger.. Then i could get even closer to vinyl as there is something interesting on rotating sound sources.. Mainly it is the recording part that makes tape scratching interesting, taking a scratch sample, scratching it, resampling it again, using signal generators, designing harmonics etc.. Maybe that's next for me, using one hand to record and the other to play back.

The only problem is: Where the hell is he going to get more audio cassette tape?

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http://www.amazon.com/Maxell-UR-90-Blank-Audio-Cassette/dp/B000087NBW/ref=sr_1_1/191-0505466-5667613?ie=UTF8&qid=1412932317&sr=8-1&keywords=cassette+t
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Right. I was thinking more about studio-printed tapes rather than blank cassettes. It'll be a pain in the butt to have to transfer your desired digital audio to an analog tape then chop up the tape in just the right places so you can use this "instrument."

Perhaps he will evolve it to the point you can just connect a full cassette tape in upside-down with the tape extended out instead of having to actually slice it up.