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Echoplex EP-2. The Echoplex is a tape delay effects unit, first made in 1959.Designed by engineer Mike Battle, [1] the Echoplex set a standard for the effect in the 1960s; according to Michael Dregni, it is still regarded as "the standard by which everything else is measured."
The console of the Wanamaker Organ in the Macy's (formerly Wanamaker's) department store in Philadelphia, featuring six manuals and colour-coded stop tabs. The pipe organ is played from an area called the console or keydesk, which holds the manuals (keyboards), pedals, and stop controls. In electric-action organs, the console is often movable.
The first use of pedals on a pipe organ grew out of the need to hold bass drone notes, to support the polyphonic musical styles that predominated in the Renaissance. Indeed, the term pedal point, which refers to a prolonged bass tone under changing upper harmonies, derives from the use of the organ pedalboard to hold sustained bass notes. [2]
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A few of the bass pedals designed to be used with electronic or clonewheel organs have features that operate the upper manual keyboards, such as an expression pedal or swell pedal, which is a treadle-style potentiometer for controlling the volume; buttons to turn on or change the speed of a Leslie speaker, a rotating horn speaker in a cabinet; or program change buttons, which send a MIDI ...
An older and smaller (5-manual) console is on display in the lobby outside the auditorium, no longer connected to the instrument. [3]: 302, 305 Since 2019, the 7-manual main console is named in honor of Frederick R. Haas, whose family foundation has generously supported the Midmer-Losh and other important pipe organs in the region. [12] [13]
Microphones, amplifiers, and various electronic effects such as reverbs were available, many of which sported the Lafayette brand name, most notably the Echo Verb and Echo Verb II. [5] Among the most famous guitar effects that Lafayette sold were the Roto-Vibe and Uni-Vibe , used by many musicians, most notably Jimi Hendrix .