Tape Music

Musical compositions created with tape recorders and magnetic tape using a variety of sources, both electronic and natural. Activities in tape music began in both Europe and America after the Second World War.

Various techniques such as splicing, tape loops, tape echo, sound-on-sound, tape feedback, speed changes, tape reversal and mixing are used in the making of this kind of music, all of which are usually simulated by contemporary digital editing techniques. (Source - Barry Truax Handbook for Acoustic Ecology CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999 - CSR-CDR 9901)

Musique pour bande (Tape Music)

Composition musicale créée sur magnétophone et bande magnétique utilisant une variété de sources électroniques et naturelles. Les premières expériences ont commencé en même temps en Europe et aux Etats-Unis après la seconde guerre mondiale.

Dans ce type de musique, diverses techniques ont été utilisées telles que le montage, les boucles, l'écho, la surimpression de son, la réinjection, les modifications de vitesse de lecture, la lecture inversée et le mixage. Toutes ces techniques peuvent désormais être simulées avec les techniques contemporaines d'édition numérique. (Source - Barry Truax. Handbook for Acoustic Ecology CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999 - CSR-CDR 9901)

Tape Music (Musica per nastro)

Composizioni musicali create con registratori e nastri magenitici utilizzando vari tipi di fonti sonore sia elettroniche che naturali. Le prime esperienze sono iniziate contemporaneamente in Europa e negli Stati Uniti dopo la seconda guerra mondiale.

Vengono utilizzate varie tecniche per produrre questa musica, tra cui il montaggio, il loop, l'eco, la sovrapposizione di suono, il feedback (retroazione), la modifica della velocità di lettura. Al giorno d'oggi tutte queste tecniche possono venire simulate con le tecniche di editing digitale. (Fonte - Barry Truax Handbook for Acoustic Ecology CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999 - CSR-CDR 9901).

[Il nastro magnetico] è il mezzo usato più comunemente per la registrazione del suono. È realizzato in vari formati (principalmente di 1⁄4, 1⁄2 e 1 pollice) e spessori per differenti scopi, che oggi includono anche la registrazione video. Il nastro è ricoperto di un'emulsione di ossido che quando è esposta alle variazioni di campo magnetico dalla testina di un registratore si modifica adattandosi a tali variazioni cosicché ogni particella dell'emulsione ha il suo campo magnetico, la cui direzione e intensità indicano l'intensità e la frequenza del suono. Le velocità standard a cui i registratori riproducono il nastro sono 30, 15, e 7 1⁄2 pollici al secondo per l'uso professionale e 7 1⁄2, 3 3⁄4, 1 7⁄8 pollici nel normale uso. Nel nastro possono trovar posto 1, 2, 4 o più tracce di informazioni sonore.

Tape-Music

Musical compositions created with tape recorders and magnetic tape using a variety of sources, both electronic and natural. Activities in tape music began in both Europe and America after the Second World War.

Various techniques such as splicing, tape loops, tape echo, sound-on-sound, tape feedback, speed changes, tape reversal and mixing are used in the making of this kind of music, all of which are usually simulated by contemporary digital editing techniques. (Source - Barry Truax Handbook for Acoustic Ecology CD-ROM Edition. Cambridge Street Publishing, 1999 - CSR-CDR 9901)

Música para Cinta (Tape Music)

Composiciones musicales creadas con grabadores de cinta y cintas magnéticas utilizando una variedad de fuentes, tanto electrónicas como naturales. Las actividades en la música para cinta comienzan en Europa y los Estados Unidos después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Diversas técnicas son utilizadas en este tipo de música, por ejemplo: mezcla, edición por empalme, bucles de cinta, eco a cinta, sobregrabación, realimentación del material grabado en cinta (tape feedback), cambios de velocidad, y reproducción de la cinta en sentido inverso. Actualmente, estos procedimientos pueden ser simulados mediante técnicas de edición y procesamiento digital.

(Fuente: Barry Truax (1999). Handbook for Acoustic Ecology. CD-ROM. Cambridge Street Publishing. CSR-CDR 9901)

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