RE: OT: Digital tape delay with hold and modulation

[Ivodne Galatea <takas20@hotmail.com>]

The Akai Headrush II has a knob for both - one for loop time and one for head gap (it has four "heads" and you can go from XX--------XX to X----X-----X----X - I may have spelled that wrong). One of the reasons I am disappointed with others is they don't have that, and why the Headrush is my favourite apart from the others.

> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:41:23 +0000
> From: akbutler@tiscali.co.uk
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: OT: Digital tape delay with hold and modulation
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> On 15/12/2014 10:53, jrploopers wrote:
> > - behaves like a tape upon delay time change (so basically pitching/speeding accordingly)
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> Unfortunately there's two ways that can happen.
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> 1) Tape head moves (like in an Echoplex Delay) . Result, pitch warble which gets into loop, basic pitch the same.
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> 2) Tape speed changes, varispeed. pitch of material changes in the way you require.
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> Most manufacturer's now accept 1) as standard, or so it seems.
> It's much easier to implement, and as it's like the old analog echoplex so why would they make more effort.
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> Really the effect you want is only common in early bucket brigade delay machines,
> ...or more related to tape loops.
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> I want to add to your feature set too :-)
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> - stereo delay
> - insert for feedback
> - 32s delay at least
> - button to double delay time without pitch change
> - square wave modulation, easy to set to octave, 5th, 4th
> - tap time without pitch change, option to clear out old loop on the first tap
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> andy
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