[sdiy] Analog Delay Lines (was) [common acronyms?]

[GothGeek Sysadmin]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 07:59:51PM -0400, l'es chupacabra wrote:
> Outside of mechanical (tape delay) are there any other practical techniques
> to implement analog delay lines?

Personally, I hate digital delays[1] and love BBDs but everyone has their
own preference.

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Something else thats also been used are spinning magnetic disks.  I have a
morley echo pedal that uses one and if I could find some transformer oil
that wasnt a deadly poison[2], maybe it would work again.  I've experiemented
a little bit with using old 5.25" harddisk platters and making a disc
delay like this but have never spent enough time on the mechanics to 
get it "right"[3].  The theory works okay tho.  This really is just like
a tape delay tho.

[1] okay. I love the ElectroHarmonix 16second Digital Delay
[2] deadly poison as defined by the US gov't.
[3] when the first one flew apart, it didnt kill me

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