[sdiy] UK - B&Q Tape adapters

[Dan Snazelle]

There has been talk of using floppy drives for echo

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On Mar 30, 2012, at 8:53 AM, Harry Bissell <harrybissell at wowway.com> wrote:

> older cassette motors used built-in governors for motor speed, they cannot be adjusted. Those with servo controls can be adjusted over some
> limited range... There was one Sony reel-to-reel (I used to be a repair tech) that could vary tape speed over a REALLY wide range, from 1-7/8"
> to 15" per second. Externally there was a switch to select the speeds, but internally it was a single drive. Wish i could remember which unit that
> was (OK I'm useless I guess...)
> 
> H^) harry
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Todd Sines <sines_list at scale.gs>
> To: Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Sent: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:49:17 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] UK - B&Q Tape adapters
> 
> I bought a few microcassette and standard "walkman" style cassette recorders for this purpose as well, after having sellers remorse for selling my SRE-555 Chorus Echo.
> 
> If I want to do speed control, do I need to get a Nagra or Tascam style machine to do this, or is there a way to fool the Walkman-type method into slowing down its speed by.. adding a potentiometer somewhere in the mixt to control the motor speed?
> 
> more ideas:
> http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=80091.0
> http://blog.makezine.com/2008/04/30/diy-analog-tape-delay-mac/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/xelent/2455014579/in/pool-69453349@N00/
> http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=25238.0
> http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=96092.0
> http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-13001.html
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/henry01/flanger/flanger.htm [at this rate, might as well buy a SRE-555 Chorus Echo again :P ]
> 
> 
> +odd
> 
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Mark Codling wrote:
> 
>> Yes  exactly what I intended.
>> Take 1 old tape unit.( You can pick up old cassette decks all over the place.) Strip it down and build a plate  in same plane and existing erase  and record head add a tape guide and as many heads as you can get / want.. could do this on reel to reel  as well I guess. That might be easier..
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>> 
>> Mark
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>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Tom Corbitt
>> Sent: 29 March 2012 21:20
>> To: Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] UK - B&Q Tape adapters
>> 
>> He's talking about building an Echop