[sdiy] DIY tape echo machines

[megaohm]

"Another format was a 8 track tape with cassette heads inside. Here, you
can fit all three heads (if you are careful) Speed control can be normal
spped... then pass a variable voltage to the fast forward motor windings
for shorter delays."  - Harry B.

(see "do electros die slowly" post)

I really like this idea. I have an old (of course) 8 track player. It's a
seperate stereo component that does sound too good but the motors and
mechanical parts seem fine. I have a box full of casette deck parts, too.

I've thought of cart machines like they used in radio stations. Probably
very rugged (probably heavily used, too!).

I've dreamed about a tape echo where the heads are arranged on a 1' X 3'
table top. Maybe a dozen playback heads. Possibly multiple recording heads,
too. You could move the heads anywhere around the table perimeter or group
them together in a few small bunches. Maybe even play the tape by moving a
head by hand. Might be tough to get good sound quality with a machine like
that, but if you think of the input signal simply as a trigger to start
chain reactions...then the tape delay becomes more of the instrument.

peng
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