by EWBrown » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:28 am
If the solid state "bucket brigade delay line" form of reverb is used, then the EMI hum issue is rendered moot... But, then, he sound just isn't the same, the old "boingy" long springs have a unique sound of their own.
The BBDL technology does allow for some interesting effects, like phasing / flanging, if one is into such sounds
A bit of rock'n'roll music trivia:
This technique First used in Timi Yuro's "The Big Hurt", back in the early 1950s. It was done by using two R2R tape recorders and by dragging a finger on one or the other's feeder reel's flange to introduce a slight (on the order of milliseconds) delay.
It can also be done with two turntables, which are "mixed" together, I often fooled around with this, during a few fill-in sessions of (then WLTI) at Lowell Tech's FM station in Mass, back around late 1972-early 1973.
One sone that worked out very well with "flanging" was "White Bird" on the LP ambum called "Marrying Maiden", by It's a Beautiful Day.
Funny thing, 20-30 years later, Art Bell did this very same thing to the very same song onhis "Coast to Coast AM" radio program. What goes around comes around (literally, in this case).
/ed B in NH
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