Vintage Audio Hardware

Tape delay, reverb, and mics
Spring 2019 - Audio Tech Talk Series
April 23, 2019

Tape Delay

Basic Theory

Early start

Sun Studios - 2 mics and 2 tape machines

Les Paul - Whispering (1951)

Elvis Presley - Blue Moon Of Kentucky (1954)

The Zombies - Time of the Season (1968)

Extension

Robert Fripp - Frippertronics (1979)

EchoSonic by Ray Butts (1952)

Echoplex by Mike Battle (1959)

Space Echo by Roland (1973)

Complex tape delay

Echo Boy by soundtoys (2012)

Reverberation

Echo Chamber

Abbey Road

Sunset Sounds

Spring Reverb

Hammond Organs (1932)

Ampeg Reverberocket (1961)

AKG BX20 (late 1960s)

Plate Reverb

EMT 140 (1957)

Microphones

RCA 44-BX

1932

Coles 4038

1950

Neumann M49

1951

AKG C12

1953