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Sway/Mod: This control sets the amount of random tape wow and flutter effects in the echoes. At minimum, there

is no wow and flutter. For the most realistic tape warble, set this control fairly low - 9:00 to 10:00 is a good sweet

spot. Of course, you can crank it up and get some serious pitch warble going! Also, with really short delay times you

may want to set this control lower for the most realistic tape sound. With longer delay times you can get away with

a lot more.

Echo Sustain: This controls how much delay signal is fed back to the delay line to get multiple repeats. From

minimum up to around noon you’ll get a fixed number of repeats with a great decay curve. Above noon you start to

get into infinite floating repeats and then into self-oscillation.

The Belle Epoch will generate self-oscillation tones by itself, without any guitar signal present at the input, when the

knob is turned from around 2:00 on up. 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

self-oscillation point on up, the output from the pedal will be VERY loud. This is how the Echoplex behaved too and

is part of its mojo! High settings of the Echo Sustain control are not for the faint of heart! As you get into your self-

oscillation jam you can turn the Mix control down to keep things somewhat sane.

Echo Delay: This controls the delay time, from about 80ms all the way up to 800ms. It was designed to be manipu-

lated in real-time, as you are playing, to get the same sounds as an EP-3. You’ll notice, especially when the Echo

Sustain is turned up a bit, that the echo sound “lags” a bit, much like how the Echoplex behaves when you move the

slider back and forth. If this knob worked in a linear fashion like on a standard delay pedal, you’d miss that bit of

authenticity in response!

Use this knob together with the Echo Sustain knob to play complete soundscapes without touching the strings on

your guitar!

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...