FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

FAQs

  • In 2017, but 2yng2smpl & CD+ have been lifelong friends (predating even those handles) and creative partners on tons of ideas, some of which have come to fruition. Schuyler joined soon after.

  • Tape Lab has ben around since 2017

  • We hate this question. What do you think? We make electronic music but not exclusively. We make beats but also songs. Most of it is live.

  • Tape Lad headlined at Fyre Festival, but got stuck in the mud at Burning Guy. So, let us know and we'll holler at you.

  • Call TL Tape Lab at 877-TAPE-NOW

  • Through an innovative blend of laziness and artificial intelligence, the answers allude response and reveal the thoughts that were there before it happened.

  • Never for our music. Some of our art does (to its detriment).

  • By 2026, we have released over 700 original and unique tracks!

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The Tape Lab Method

How does Tape Lab release so much music so quickly?

We upload lots of songs on private mode, listen to them for months, and go back to revisit. Usually, when we go back to the track, we will remove large layers of the original and add new stuff. 

When creating something from scratch, we will turn on all of the synths and samplers and sequencers and microphones and drum machines, then record me jamming. we'll make or use generic beat loops from my Yamaha RM1X, add FX, make live adjustments and changes - trying to make sure we record at least a few bars clean.

We have separate tracks (mostly) for things:

Tape Lab Audio Studio Setup

1 - Moog Subsequent 37; 

2 - Microphone/Instrument; 

3/4 - DRUM BUS

Yamaha DX7 (reface) > TR-8S > SP-404;

5/6 - SYNTH BUS (Alesis 8 Mixer)

+ Cassette Deck in/out (recording to and from tape)

1/2 - LIVE DRUMS (90’s Mixer with 3 mics + SPD-X)

3/4 - Roland SounCanvas (played via MIDI)

5/6 - Roland R3 + Vocoder

7/8 - KAOS BUS (Korg Kaoss DJ Pad)

1/2 - Yamaha RM1X

2/3 - Omnichord > Korg Kaossilator 3

MIDI

For MIDI, we run Clock OUT from the TR-8S to all other devices via MIDI expanders. We manually sync Ableton to the beat and record to the grid.

We use the Novation KeyLab37 with MIDI OUT to play the Yamaha RM1X

Once recorded, it’s usually a matter of removing and adding stuff till it's finished.