Tape delays

[Rene Schmitz]

At 09:07 28.05.99 -0600, you wrote:
>I will make an attempt to get myself a little more on-topic:
>
>For my drum synth project, (which I have not had any time
>for lately) I am considering including a tape echo/delay
>module. I would modify old cassette mechanisms and
>electronics for this, adding extra heads, variable speed,
>feedback, etc. I think that this could be a lot of fun! Has
>anyone else tried this?

I've played with the idea, reel2reel tape machines and a cassete recorder,
used as echo/delay devices with an extra tapehead connected to a microphone
input. I gave up on this since I was unable to do the mechanics. However
I've something interesting for you, since you would need an extra playback
amplifier. 
(This would do the proper equalizing, which I never had in my experiments)
There are two circuits of playback amps on my website.
http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs159/tapeamp2.gif
and http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzs159/tapepre.gif

The links to these files are still missing on my homepage. I should fix it up.

Bye
 René



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