YOU ARE SITTING IN A ROOM

After Alvin Lucier (1931-2021). A continuously degrading tape memory.

Idle

Loop waiting Generation 0

Loop length5.0 s

1–30 seconds. Applied when the next loop is recorded.

Crossfade150 ms

Blends the loop's ending into its beginning.

Tape wear per pass18%

Adds saturation, softening and noise each generation.

Tape Degeneration

When disabled, each loop repeats without accumulating tape damage.

Tape Compression 35%

Increasing compression as the tape is rerecorded.

Output level80%

Playback volume.

Wow & Flutter 25%

Slow tape drift and faster mechanical pitch flutter.

Tape Hiss 20%

Continuous tape noise, increasing with each rerecording.

Loop duration5.0 s

Generations0

MicrophoneOff

Microphone access generally requires HTTPS or localhost. Audio is processed locally and is not uploaded. This is a digital approximation of repeated cassette rerecording, not a physical tape model.