so i just got a proper tape delay

[gravity]

bagged a dynachord echocord on ebay last week - arrived today

just been having a little play - nearly fucking creamed my pants it was so good

basically im sold on tape now. gonna get myself a reel to reel next!

tape ftw!

[FSTZ]

badass

[Basic A]

Luuuuucky, audio clips of processed guitar skanks or gtfo.

[mks]

Nice one. I have one of these kicking around:



Tape delays and analog delays sound so nice!!!

[damagedgoods]

Tape is great. I love my Revox. Have fun!

[JFK]

gonna get myself a reel to reel next!

tape ftw!

Yeeeaaahhh!!! Reel to reel is the shit!

Recording piano onto tape sounds so freakin cool it nearly reduced me to a gibbering wreck.

[grooki]

Luuuuucky, audio clips of processed guitar skanks or gtfo.

And organ skanks please

[JFK]

Luuuuucky, audio clips of processed guitar skanks or gtfo.

And organ skanks please

May I be so bold as to offer up a "HELL YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH" with regards to the organ skanks!

[Basic A]

gonna get myself a reel to reel next!

tape ftw!

Yeeeaaahhh!!! Reel to reel is the shit!

Recording reversed pianos onto tape at hot levels sounds so freakin cool it nearly reduced me to a gibbering wreck.

Fixed slightly.

[grooki]

so Gravity, you cannot post on the board and not share the love, you know?

[3za]

so Gravity, you cannot post on the board and not share the love, you know?

I think he has locked himself away with it, for a few day.

[deadly_habit]

up em to the sample swap when you do em

[tavravlavish]

are all reel to reels expensive? ebay has em priced pretty high in my opinion. Also what makes them so dope is it their age and the tape your recording on to + plus the fact that u can cut the tape/mess with the speeds, or is there more to it than that. Please enlighten me as I am considering trying to get a cheap one. Trying to get off the computer and record more shit outside of my lappy.

[gravity]

sorry to be a tease - ill definitely have some samples up in the next couple of days for you!

off to pick up my reel to reel today!


i cant fucking wait!

[mondays child]

are all reel to reels expensive? ebay has em priced pretty high in my opinion. Also what makes them so dope is it their age and the tape your recording on to + plus the fact that u can cut the tape/mess with the speeds, or is there more to it than that. Please enlighten me as I am considering trying to get a cheap one. Trying to get off the computer and record more shit outside of my lappy.

It depends what kind of tape machine you want, the kind in the photo above are more portable, have less in the way of recordable tracks and generally are easier to spool tape through than 'trolley' housed dedicated machines which tend to stay in a studio and not move, if only because they were generally patched to a desk, and fairly heavy to lift.
Ebay is expensive for second hand reel to reel machines, they were throwing them away in the mid 90's.
Check local papers, exchange and mart, that kind of thing.
I bought my Studer B62 for about 180 quid in 2000 from exchange and mart from some geezer in Dollis Hill, thing is it needs servicing now by a professional engineer, which will cost about a grand.

Best makes to look out for are Revox, Studer, Fostex are alright and the more expensive TEAC and Akai models are good as well.

Or you could always keep an eye out for real 'vintage' machines like the old EMI BBC models that sometimes come up on Ebay. Be warned though they're built like tanks and weigh a ton!

[tavravlavish]

right on, I'm bidding on a cheap, mini, plastic old Japanese reel to reel right now. Should be nice cheap and shitty

[gravity]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/71ib3t

just some buggering about with a piano sent through the tape delay. instant pink-floyd style atmospheres!

[gnome]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/71ib3t

just some buggering about with a piano sent through the tape delay. instant pink-floyd style atmospheres!

Oh wow that sounds nice. I want one now!

[grooki]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/71ib3t

just some buggering about with a piano sent through the tape delay. instant pink-floyd style atmospheres!

[street_astrologist]

Thanks for posting and sharing the sounds you lucky sunuva!