[sdiy] Re: Tape echo -

[crystal]

hey anthony and sdiy folks,


i suggest that you try to use a tube pre for the record head if possible,
throw in a nice chorus or two (see my other post), a spring reverb, and a
digital delay. minus the DD this would be similar to a roland RE501 space
echo, IMHO quite an excellent gadget.  i used to experiment with tape delays
but i never did build the power oscillator for vari-speed echos which i
always wanted to have voltage controlled from my synths and from a foot
pedal.

the warble and the tape saturation of a tape delay on the output of the
synthesizer always sounds quite nice to me. gives it some 'life'.


happy warbling,
crystal (who is considering ebaying his re501 for parts$)




> I have all of these VST plug-ins that emulate tape echos now I want to
build
> one of those. I have tons of old tape heads and the amps for them and I
even
> have an answering message tape loop that I've already fixed up with my
> Dremel.
> I keep coming up with cool thinsg to add to it too. >
> I used to eschew spring reverbs too but now I like those.
>
> And /NOW/ there's the Slinky reverb and I like that too!
>