[sdiy] Automatic Double Tracking/ slapback device

[Jon Darby]

Thank you to everyone who replied, I have an idea of what to toy with now,
this could be fun!

Thaks again,
Jon Darby

-----Original Message-----
From: Theo <t.hogers at home.nl>
To: danial stocks <diode at hotmail.com>; synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
<synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Automatic Double Tracking/ slapback device


>From: danial stocks <diode at hotmail.com>
>
>>
>> >Howdy, everyone,
>> >     I was wondering how difficult it would be to modify a tape recorder
>to
>> >record an input signal directly before playing it back along with the
>> >original signal but slightly delayed to produce that Beatles double
>> >tracking
>> >effect?
>> you could install extra tape head on the other side of the cassette like
>the
>> erase head is  but on the other side - so then you have
>> erase-record-playback
>>
>
>Too bad this place is already taken by the capstan and the drive wheel.
>
>What you are after is a deck with tape-monitor setting (as opposite to
>source-monitor setting).
>This is a common feature among the better cassette decks.
>These decks do their trick by using a "double" head,
>one housing with separate record and playback heads.
>You can buy a replacement "double" head for about $20 and fit it a common
>deck.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Theo
>