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

[harry]

Since you are being so silly... a friend of mine and I seriously considered
putting
a speaker and a microphone in a helium filled chamber to make a pitch shifter...

When you inhale helium, your voice shifts up... so

Essay Question: What did the boy scientists go wrong in their thinking ???

H^) harry

"J. Larry Hendry" wrote:

> A really, really long piece of wire.  :)  Sorry, I could not resist because
> a guitar player friend of mine in the 70s asked me how much wire he would
> need coiled up in the bottom of his speaker cabinet for such a delay.  There
> "might: have been some recreational drugs involved.
> Larry H
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: l'es chupacabra <chupacba at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 6:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Analog Delay Lines (was) [common acronyms?]
>
> Outside of mechanical (tape delay) are there any other practical techniques
> to implement analog delay lines?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Happy Harry" <paia2720 at hotmail.com>
> To: <oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 6:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] common acronyms?
>
> > I'd say... Bad...BAD DEVICE  (or design...)  ;^P
> >
> > Yes its bucket brigade delay... think of firemen passing
> > buckets of water to fight the Great Chicago Fire....
> >
> > Doesn't work worth a shit except in theory...
> >
> > Its another "hose job"...
> >
> > See also "Bottomless Black Ditch" where newbies throw all their
> > time and money... when a real working delay could be purchased
> > for the cost of mowing a few lawns...
> >
> > See also "BBD" ... a term used to get a rise out of Harry on the
> > Synth-DIY and related lists... this is the only valid and reliable
> > use for this "thingie"...
> >
> > H^) harry  ;^P
> >