tape loop
Cyclic audio strip
A tape loop is a length of magnetic tape with its ends spliced together, allowing continuous playback of recorded sound.
Musicians and composers use tape loops to create repetition, layering, and ambient textures: The track builds on a tape loop of piano chords.
The technique was foundational to early electronic and experimental music.
Figuratively, being stuck in a tape loop means repeating the same thoughts or behaviors endlessly.
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- reel to reelTape system using spools
- spliceJoin end to end
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- repetitionAct of redoing
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- Audio Recordingcassette, reel-to-reel, recorder, record button, playback
- tape recordingcassette recorder, cassette player, cassette deck, rewind, fast forward
- sound artsound art, sound design, sound poetry, soundscape, soundscapes
- electronic instrumentssynthesizer, synth, electric guitar, electric bass, electric piano
- electronic musictechno, house, synthesizer, drum machine, EDM
tape loopdigital sampling
Recording audio segments electronically
digital audio · MP3 · streaming audio · digital recording · CD
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