Abrupt Halt FX?

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Anyone know a way to do that "grab the tape reel" stop sound?

-one catch-

Using a digital multitracking proggie, like Vegas...?

Queue
 
A whole shit load of pitch shift, swept down real fast?
 
so you're talking applying pitch shift to a bunch of slices, progressively slower/lower?

Queue
 
One way to do it...

Why simulate? Record a short section of the sound on an actual tape reel, plug the output of the tape reel into the input of your digital recorder, and then record the actual sound of suddenly halting the actual tape. If you don't have a reel to reel I'm sure you could accomplish the same thing with a casette.
 
shread,
thanks for 'da link to the thread, that's the idea.

chibi,
if only I had a reel to reel... :(

I hope I didn't put anyone off giving Vegas as an example, any editing software, really...

Queue
 
chibi,
if only I had a reel to reel... :(
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Do you have a cheap cassette player that you don't mind killing? Rip the door off of it so the cassette is exposed and then while the tape is playing try pressing down hard on the spool that drives the tape to abruptly stop the playback.:)
 
chibi,
I'll stick with the digital approach for now. I've got an old 4-track cassette I don't use much, but was considering selling it, so I probably won't abuse it. Plus it is so damn noisy...

Queue
 
I recently wanted to do stuff like this and was quite successful using this:

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/scratch.htm

It's a stand-alone program that simulates a turntable using loops that can be grabbed and actually scratched around with the mouse. It's just mono, but does the trick nicely. I exported the end of the song I wanted to edit, put it in the program and just stopped it from playing by clicking somewhere in the display. There is a parameter that has to be changed first, it slows the reaction of the 'turntable' down (don't know if it was Hand or Turntable..). The edited file can be saved and reimported into your multitrack software. Chop the parts you don't need off and paste it to the desired position.

David
 
thanks nessbass,

I'll give that a try. I love analogx, gotten MANY good things there.

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