This top audio tip provided by Michael Robert Ewert.

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I was sitting down in front of my computer, staring at the screen. It was another enjoyable mass of hours in front of Cakewalk Pro Audio. Being that I have extremely limited economic resources and equipment(the yamaha XG daughterboard and Kawaii X-50D), I am forced to spend a good deal of time making due with my surroundings. What I found was a nickel and dime way to get really screwed up sounds for use in ambient, industrial, hell any music except pop. Take your instrument or sound source whatever it is(Digital one's seem to work the best) Record the sound source with a micro-cassette recorder set to either the slowest or fastest speed. Keeping in mind most of these are mono devices, set your volume and pan levels on your mixer or sequencer accordingly. Next plug the recorder into the line in jack on your sound card, and set your sequencer to accept digital audio. start recording on your sequencer, then start up the micro-cassette recorder at any speed you want. as it's playing slide your thumb up and down the fast forward/rewind lever, this gives it a wavy feeling it works best if you do it at a steady pace, and the greatest effects come from percussionary sources such as cymbals. After your done recording, cut out the excess sound generated when the micro-cassete was turned on, then loop the entire thing, the result is always insane, and extremly inexpensive

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