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The Mixtape

The Mixtape

Posted on 12/12/2012 by Chris

The mixtape celebrates the 50th anniversary of the cassette and the home sampling and mixtape culture that resulted from the formats proliferation.

Created using a 23 year old Tascam MSR-24 1″ tape machine, we blended 16 tracks together to produce this mashup:

Loops for the performance were edited, time stretched and pitch shifted using Ableton Live before being transferred to tape for the performance.

During playback, each loop can be triggered by un-muting the individual track. A particularly tricky aspect of the performance was muting the tracks again when you want them to stop. Weaving all the parts in and out of each other required a large amount of planning and we ended up devising our own score for the performance.

The Mixtape Score for Tascam-MSR24 Tape Machine

For the video work we used a Canon 600D DSLR and three lenses.

For the macro shots we used the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

The closeups were shot using the Canon EF 50mm f1.8

The main shot used a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM. This wide screen lens was mainly used as the camera needed to be very close to the tape machine due to space restrictions.

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    12/12/2012 Reply

    [...] you are curious as to how they did this check it out HERE Related Posts:Amazing Art by San Francisco Based Alex ZivListen to the Rick Rubin Produced [...]

  2. Niall
    14/12/2012 Reply

    Can you please post a tracklisting?

  3. Niall
    14/12/2012 Reply

    Just found it on Vimeo. Congratulations on an epic piece of work!

    • Chris
      14/12/2012 Reply

      Great. Thanks Niall!

  4. The Mixtape |
    17/12/2012 Reply

    [...] Una Tascam MSR-24 1″ fue la maquina usada para la mezcla de los samples de las 16 canciones, dichos samples fueron editados en Ableton Live y transferidos a cintas para la grabación. El trabajo realizado sobre la reproducción de cada sample y su creación es realmente arduo, el resultado espero les guste tanto como a mi. Web del Proyecto [...]

  5. The Mixtape celebra 50 anos da fita cassete
    25/12/2012 Reply

    [...] os 50 anos da fita cassete e presentear os nostálgicos, o estúdioIthaca Audio lançou o The Mixtape, um mashup reproduzido ao vivo, com 16 músicas tocadas em um antigo tocador de fitas Tascam [...]

  6. Bri
    27/12/2012 Reply

    Is there somewhere this can be downloaded or purchased? This is great!

    • Chris
      27/12/2012 Reply

      Thank! Yes, you can download it on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ithacaaudio

  7. The Mixtape homenageia 50 anos de vida e morte do K7 | Supergroove
    28/12/2012 Reply

    [...] homenagem ao falecido K7 e aos seus fãs nostalgicos, o Ithaca Studio lançou o The Mixtape, um mashup reproduzido ao vivo, com 16 músicas tocadas em um antigo tocador de fitas Tascam [...]

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