Original Message 1/3                 Date: 23-Feb-01  @  10:55 PM   -   DIY tape delay/echo

kef

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im planning to build a tape delay out of an old tape machine by making the distance between the record head and the playback head longer. have anyone of you ever done/tried this? do you have any recommendations as to what kind of tape machine to use and so forth?

i was thinking that before i start to rebuild the cheap tape machine i hope to find, it should be possible to achive a very short delay just by taking the out signal through a mixer and then bring it back into the tape machine's recording input just to see if the tape delay thing works at all. any tips/opinions/general words of advice are very welcome.

/kef

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Message 2/3                 Date: 24-Feb-01  @  05:11 AM   -   RE: DIY tape delay/echo

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I cobbled together a 'frippertronics' like box from an old sony I scammed for free once upon a time by splicing a loop onto it. It's been a while back. good luck.

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Message 3/3                 Date: 26-Feb-01  @  06:43 AM   -   RE: DIY tape delay/echo

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as long as the loop gets into the guides ok you can create long loops with tape and splice them (get a slicing block, blade and tape) - coldcut used to do that in the early days, running big loops round the place sometimes apparently just make sure the tape has things supporting it round in a loop, like tablelamps, coathangers etc.
youy will get a delay across the heads if you set it to record and listen to both in & out signal from the play head.. if you build in a varispeed you can adjust the delay time with it by slowing and speeding the tape reels like on a tape echo machine (which is the same except they have more than one playback head.

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