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WHAT WAS COOL ABOUT THE ECHOPLEX?

2.) The quality and decay of the repeats. The Echoplex was not necessarily “hi-fi”. As the echoes repeated, the

signal got progressively degraded, losing low end and gaining a shiny, percussive top end with a bit of grit. The

first repeat is strong and then it gets more and more diffused as it repeats. And it a well-tuned unit, you could

dial in the repeats “Echo Sustain” so that it would float almost indefinitely, without going into self-oscillation.

3.) Self-oscillation! The Echoplex was more than just a delay box, it was an instrument unto itself. Almost all the

famous Echoplex players used the delay slider and self-oscillating repeats as part of their musical vocabulary. In

fact, you could play the Echoplex without even plugging in a guitar, just by turning the Echo Sustain up until it

self-oscillated and then play it by manipulating the “Echo Delay” slider. This is where many other attempts at a

“tape echo pedal” fall short. Not only does the unit not self-oscillate, but turning the delay time knob results

in.... nothing. The sound stops till you park the delay time control. No space ships?! Fail!

When we set out to develop a delay pedal that captured the essence of the

mighty EP-3 we had to first understand what exactly it was that made the

Echoplex special. Surely it was more than just EQing the repeats to make it

sound “tape-y”.

1.) First off, the EP-3 is famous for making your guitar sound better. Even

when the echo is turned off! The Echoplex was definitely not “true-bypass”.

Your guitar signal went through it’s audio path whether the echo was on or

not. The dry guitar signal went through a relatively simple path of discrete

pre-amp and on to a passive mixer stage and then out. But guitarists loved

its slight boost and subtle tone-shaping effect.

Содержание Belle Epoch Tape Echo

Страница 1: ...ds so authentic you d swear there was tape inside the pedal Inspired by the Maestro Echoplex EP 3 model perhaps the most famous tape delay ever it helped define the sound of 70 s rock guitar and was u...

Страница 2: ...he first half of its rotation you ll get a fixed number of repeats with a perfect decay Then around 1 00 to 2 00 you can dial it in so that the repeats go on almost indefinitely without building up Be...

Страница 3: ...he Echo Sustain up until it self oscillated and then play it by manipulating the Echo Delay slider This is where many other attempts at a tape echo pedal fall short Not only does the unit not self osc...

Страница 4: ...uneven motor speed bumpy capstan wheels and other mechanical issues would cause the tape speed to vary resulting in random slight fluctuations in the pitch of the echoes With shorter delay times it co...

Страница 5: ...wanted to incorporate all the attributes that made the EP 3 compelling and then some The Echoplex is a musical instrument unto itself and we wanted the Belle Epoch to be too So then here s what we di...

Страница 6: ...e you re moving a tape head laterally across the tape instead of merely rotating a knob We paid close attention to the sweep of the Echo Sustain repeats control going from a single repeat all the way...

Страница 7: ...the tape or delay line is hit It does not affect your dry signal and only affects the initial first repeat Turning the knob while repeats are playing will not affect them In practice you ll want to u...

Страница 8: ...The Echoplex did this too and this was an important attribute for us to dial in You ll notice that up until the self oscillation point the repeats get successively thinner as they decay But from the s...

Страница 9: ...POCH CONTROLS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 DC power input 2 Echo Sustain 3 Sway Mod 4 Tone Rec Lev 5 Mix 6 Echo Delay 7 Input Jack 8 Output Jack 9 Bypass Footswitch 10 Silkscreen Faceplate 11 Catalinbrea...

Страница 10: ...EP 3 did not really boost so much as color and saturate the sound slightly The all discrete preamp in the Belle Epoch gives you the same benefits but with added gain control and more touch sensitivity...

Страница 11: ...amics in his rig will appreciate the difference of not having the buffer Having said that the Belle Epoch will perform great in almost any pedal stacking situation But for the most authentic Echoplex...

Страница 12: ...peats There are a lot of subtle and not so subtle traits of the Echoplex that need to be implemented in order to be authentic The preamp the self oscillation character the ability to play the pedal as...