[sdiy] More on Flanging...

[Gene Stopp]

I did try the reel flange thing first (to stay true to the etymology of the
term) but the capstan motor had too much torque. I felt like I was going to
stretch the tape or burn it on the capstan rather than slow down the
transport. Kind of worked, but the capstan pressure was more gradual, as
long as you can take the heat of friction. Maybe on a 2" machine the flanges
have more effect on tape speed, but on a 1/4" Teac the capstan motor is
pretty beefy.

Also I would like to point out that using 2 4-tracks you get 4 independent
channels of parallel flanging! Too bad quad went by the wayside...

Best Regards,

- Gene

-----Original Message-----
From: John L Marshall [mailto:john.l.marshall at gte.net]
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 9:16 PM
To: harry; philgallo at attglobal.net
Cc: synth diy; Gene Stopp
Subject: Re: [sdiy] More on Flanging...


I'm with you Harry. Years ago I obtained a great flange sound with two vinyl
records on two turntables. I matched the gains on the Gates board and then
twiddled the turntable speed. I believe great flanging has little to do with
Hi-Fi or Lo-Fi or noise, or hiss but depends on two matched signals.

Gene,

You weren't putting your thumb on the capstan, were you? The idea is to
slightly drag the outer rim of the feed reel. If you have two tape
recorders, drag one feed reel flange and then the other.


Take care,
John