SynthFest UK 2019 - Composing With Tape with Marta Salogni

Engineer and producer Marta Salogni used her Revox and Akai reel-to-reel tape machine setup along with a Buchla synthesizer to demonstrate the compositional elements of tape within electronic music creation. Based on a live performance, she talked about tape machines as musical instruments whilst showing different forms of creative processing such as tape loops, feedback and cross-routing sends and returns. Marta has worked with artists across a range of styles including Björk, Bon Iver, Goldfrapp, Frank Ocean, and Holly Herndon. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction 02:09 - Setup For The Performance With Akai Tape Machine 05:10 - Performance Using Tape Delays 08:01 - Capturing Volume And EQ Changes With Feedback 09:43 - Using The Revox Tape Machine 11:36 - Interaction With Machines 12:29 - Performance Using Two Tape Machines 19:44 - Using Tape Loops In The Studio 23:20 - How To Edit Tape With A Razorblade And Editing Block 28:32 - Sourcing A Tape Machine And Keeping Them Maintained Subscribe! Visit Like Sound On Sound: Follow Sound On Sound: Follow Sound On Sound on Instagram: @soundonsoundmag