Lofi and Ambient Production Tip | Cross-Format Cassette Processing

The beauty of analog equipment is that cross/compatibility is not only possible, but can result in some lovely side effects. Here, I'll discuss some ways to spice up your Ambient, Lo-fi, and Experimental music production with some tricks to kickstart the creative process.

Was experimenting with recording and playing back across various cassette players/recorders I have in my setup and thought it would be worth documenting them in a little video. I often find that exploring these "technical" experiments allow me to make more informed creative decisions with my music. I wanted to share what I learned so hopefully others can build off of these techniques in their own music!

Featured Equipment:
Tascam Portastudio 414 mkii
Sony TCM-200DV
Moog Mother-32
Volca Sample
Akai Headrush
MakeNoise Maths
Zoom H2n

If you enjoyed this video, please consider checking out my other music, both ambient/experimental and otherwise below. I am also on Spotify/Apple Music/Etc.
https://rektagon.bandcamp.com/
https://www.tylerpostigli.one/

Timeline
00:00 - Intro and Raison D'etre
03:49 - Recording a Test Sequence
05:55 - Playing Back a Test Sequence and Proof of Concept
07:25 - Whats Going on Here? Why do this?
08:28 - Setting up a more practical example
09:32 - Recording a More Practical example
10:08 - Lofi / Ambient 1 (if you just came for vibes skip to here)
12:22 - tneibmA\ ifoL 2 ft. Plumbutter
13:10 - Recording to Sony / Playing Back on Tascam
13:38 - Recording the Sequence
14:19 - Ambient 3 and Sign off