tape loops
Cyclic audio segments
Tape loops are lengths of magnetic recording tape spliced end-to-end to play continuously.
Used in early electronic music and experimental composition, they create repetitive patterns or textures: Brian Eno built his ambient sound from layered tape loops.
The technique influenced sampling and modern looping technology.
Figuratively, being stuck in a tape loop means repeating the same thought or behavior obsessively.
- magneticAttracting iron or attention
- reel-to-reelTape threading between spools
- recording studioFacility for capturing audio
- repetitionAct of redoing
- spliceJoin end to end
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Recording audio segments electronically
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