[richmt]

Interesting. All very different reasons to choose tape than what I'd personally do.

I guess the difference is that I make music as a hobby, and do it almost entirely for myself.

[MrJagil]

I do have plenty of friends who use tape purely in creative capacities i.e. they DJ on tape or do experimental reel-to-reel cassette setups for live shows.

Personally I'd actually love to own a 4-track and do some solo stuff for the same reasons you described in your original post.