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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Tape echo and spring reverb

From: gino wong <wonggster@gmail.com>
Date: 2010-10-11

Univox echos can be had cheap., kind've basic.   If you are lucky enough  to get a tape echo, don't forget to use back lubricated tape.  It can still be had and a $50 reel will last a decade or more, it's the same stuff they fill broadcast carts with, you don't need Roland loops. Lately I like to use shorter loops, I change them according to a schedule, so i have been bulking and cutting down 8 Track tapes, this is the cheapest and easiest method of getting back coated tape. It is good 1/4" hifi tape. A tape echo with a fresh tape sounds amazing. The RE201D is a good device and so is the old Chandler solid state echo emulator. 

Another great and cheap source of tape echo is reel to reel tape decks. Set the playback source to tape and input to mic or line  and then adjust the echo with input volume and to a lesser degree with speed.  if you take the physical output and crosspatch it into the input you can get a mild cross channel bounce.  All you need is a fresh roll of tape. The stocks of reel tape is the best made in the past 35 years save Emitape whis has always been good.

Anybody who needs a reel of 1/4" let me know, I can hook you up.


gino


On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 6:38 PM, william Beith <wbeith@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

I build plate reverberation units and hold a patent on one under the name Brick Audio.
 
If anyone has an interest I can send a pdf of the manual.
 
Alas....I do not yet have a Mellotron to demo through it. I suspect that any studio smaller than Abbey Road  (which had its own chambers)  used EMT 240 plate reverbs in their studio. So most 60's European Mellotron recordings with reverb could be assumed to be plate reverb.
 
If American and recorded in the Capitol or Sunset studio's they also had their own chambers. Everyone else uded plates, generally EMT 240's.
 
A 240 was a 3X6 foot steel plate. The Brick Audio plates are 3X3, 3X5 and 3X7 stainless steel eliminating the rust issues. The driver is bonded to the plate itself eliminating the need to calibrate/setup.
 
Bill  

From: Sean <fourtytwominds@yahoo.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, October 10, 2010 3:18:10 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Tape echo and spring reverb

 

I've never run across a real spring or plate unit. If anyone has one, would you do a side by side comparison of spring and plate reverb for the Melly? Thanks.

-Sean

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, tspit74@... wrote:
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> I grabbed a Multivox MX-312 Multi Echo off Craigslist recently and finally hooked it up to #857. Holy shit! Nothing compares to tape echo and spring reverb. The 312 is an off brand knockoff of the Roland RE-201 Space Echo with some additional features. Particularly "swell reverb" which adds a swelling echo to the reverb signal. Lush doesn't begin to describe it. My advice: If you haven't tried your tron thru an old tape echo/spring reverb, you haven't lived. Tape to tape is a beautiful sound.
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> Now back to playing some Starless...
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