Tape Delays

Delay

My Space Echo sh*t the bed. I know there's tons of relatively cheap off-brand tape delays out there. Can someone recommend some i should look into purchasing?

Beatsoup

Delay said:

My Space Echo sh*t the bed. I know there's tons of relatively cheap off-brand tape delays out there. Can someone recommend some i should look into purchasing?

Damn that sucks, I have a space echo and use it pretty sparingly/ clean it often cause I'm afraid it will break. I can't speak on it too much but I used a fulltone tube tape and it sounded great and felt well made. Can buy tapes and get it repaired ect. They are pretty pricey though.

Korg stage echo
Echoplex
Watkins Copicat

other options

speakmumbles

don't know of any cheap delays that actually use a tape loop.

Fulltone is the only one i know of that is still made, but there might be others that use tape that i am not aware of.unless you wanna go vintage.of course you can always get a digital pedal that recreates the delay/echo sound or go for an analog pedal that uses bucket brigade chips.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MF104M?device=c&network=g&matchtype;=&gclid=CMLD7vefnLwCFRAS7AodPUQAaQ

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MFoogerDelay?device=c&network=g&matchtype;=&gclid=CNOjlfafnLwCFZNj7Aodvw0AaQ

just depends on what features you want.

kala

oi!
tape is romantic and all that bollocks

i have a 201 a 301 and a watkins copycat,pining for an og echoplex

but really and truly no one but you and your gear slut buddies really knows or gives a shit.

if i had to buy ONE all over again to replace the lot i would get a strymon because they fucking kill and in a mix you will never ever be able to tell the difference,they will last forever and never need tape,capistans,alignment etc

http://www.strymon.net/timeline/
http://www.strymon.net/products/elcapistan/

volumen

The echoplex sounds great but they are fragile as stated with other tape machines. Unless you can find one dirt cheap or a minty one that you are never going to move I wouldn't buy one. The one I had went crazy as soon as I tried to take it anywhere and I was being careful.

day

speakmumbles said:

don't know of any cheap delays that actually use a tape loop.

Fulltone is the only one i know of that is still made, but there might be others that use tape that i am not aware of.unless you wanna go vintage.of course you can always get a digital pedal that recreates the delay/echo sound or go for an analog pedal that uses bucket brigade chips.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MF104M?device=c&network=g&matchtype;=&gclid=CMLD7vefnLwCFRAS7AodPUQAaQ

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MFoogerDelay?device=c&network=g&matchtype;=&gclid=CNOjlfafnLwCFZNj7Aodvw0AaQ

just depends on what features you want.

Do either of these self oscillate?

day

kala said:

no one but you and your gear slut buddies really knows or gives a shit.

this is also very true.

Brian

strymon sounds incredible
love what those guys are doing

when I was looking for delays I looked at these guys also

http://www.redwitchpedals.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=18

http://www.empresseffects.com/tapedelay.html

Delay

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Delay

wow. that strymon el capistan sounds great.

asstro

The Vox Delaylab does 90% of what the Strymon does for less than half the price. I tried them both and they are both great but I couldn't justify spending the extra $ for the Timeline when the Delaylab sounds so good. There are loads of good demos on youtube...

Horseleech

I know a lot of people who love these:



I doubt anyone listening to your work would be able to tell it's not a tape machine.

Delay

asstro said:

The Vox Delaylab does 90% of what the Strymon does for less than half the price. I tried them both and they are both great but I couldn't justify spending the extra $ for the Timeline when the Delaylab sounds so good. There are loads of good demos on youtube...

i mean i havent done a demo in person, but even from that video it seems like the Strymon circuitry is stooling all over that Vox. I ordered one, and i'll do some A/B with the space echo recordings i have. If it sounds too thin, i'll just send it back. I will not miss the headaches of tape.

Delay

Horseleech said:

I know a lot of people who love these:



I doubt anyone listening to your work would be able to tell it's not a tape machine.

oh i've done A/B comparison with that thing and there's no competition. The reverb can't hold a candle

asstro

Delay said:

i mean i havent done a demo in person, but even from that video it seems like the Strymon circuitry is stooling all over that Vox. I ordered one, and i'll do some A/B with the space echo recordings i have. If it sounds too thin, i'll just send it back. I will not miss the headaches of tape.

It may be that for studio use with vocals and whatnot the Timeline is noticeably better, it does have way more stuff to tweak and it does sound amazing. I'm just using it for guitar and I found the sonic difference minimal and the options to be overkill for someone playing loud rock music. I'll be curious to hear your thoughts.

knewjak

Hughes & Kettner: Replex

Hawkeye

I got this one. Cost round about 100 Euros on Ebay Germany.



Peace
Hawkeye

speakmumbles

sorry for the late reply. i have the 104z and it does self oscillate when the feedback is beyond 7 or so, not sure about the smaller one.

Bon Vivant

Miss my RE-201. :cry:

soup

I had an El Capistan for a minute but ended up sending it back since it couldn't do the heavy, murky reverb thing which is what I missed most from when I had a tape delay. It sounded like a good plugin without having to bother with a computer which isn't a bad thing but I'd take something with actual character like an analog delay or something PT2399 based over a strymon any day. I do miss having a tape delay though.

Otis_Funkmeyer

Check out the Catalinbread Belle Epoch echoplex sim pedal. Not a space echo, but very cool and gets great reviews.

Delay

soup said:

I had an El Capistan for a minute but ended up sending it back since it couldn't do the heavy, murky reverb thing which is what I missed most from when I had a tape delay. It sounded like a good plugin without having to bother with a computer which isn't a bad thing but I'd take something with actual character like an analog delay or something PT2399 based over a strymon any day. I do miss having a tape delay though.

from what i gather after a lot of research, the big difference between the pedals and the tape unit is the reverb. I'm going to try that Capistan in conjunction with my marlboro qsb ().
hopefully that will produce something i'm happy with.