[sdiy] reel to reel recommendations? zeit-thingy?

[Tim Parkhurst]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: denshi [mailto:denshiblocks at yahoo.com]
> 
> now, anothre thing im curious about is the rotating
> four head tape tempo shift device.  its referenced in
> strange's electronic music book, but i cant remember
> the german name off the top of my head...
> zeitausdehnung?  mayeb one of the german list members
> can help me.  its a device made to modify the time of
> a tape without changing the pitch.  im going to assume
> these were all custom devices... any brave souls made
> one of these?
> 

I've always thought you might be able to make something like this by
cannibalizing a VCR. It's already got the rotating multi-head assembly, and
can easily record and play back audio. The only trick would be varying the
speed of the head rotation.


Tim Servo

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