The HC-TT is a compact cassette manipulation device which allows you to manually play a cassette with your hands. The resulting sound can be incredibly similar to scratching a vinyl record. Sound will only be produced while your hands are turning either of the large playback knobs. By turning these knobs you are directly rotating the cassette spindles which moves the tape across the internal tape head. The knobs “play” a regular cassette forwards and backwards. There is no motor in this device, so direction and speed is left to the performer. The touch switch is a momentary mute for both the mono audio output as well as the CV/Gate outputs. It does not record audio but outputs pre-recorded audio from any cassette tape. Please see below for additional details.

NOTE: The HC-TT drives tapes forwards and reverse by the spindles which means store bought loops or diy loose tape loops will not work in this device. Tape loops are normally driven by the Capstan which pulls the tape along. If you would like to learn to make a taut tape loop which is driven by one spindle please visit the “Answers” page above.