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The original Space Echo units contain a single recording head and three playback heads. [1] The combination of tape heads is controlled with a rotary knob. [2] Users may adjust the bass and treble levels on the output sound, the number of echo repeats, the length of each echo, and the ratio of the echo and reverb sounds. [1]
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 main difference with the new Cobra was the added adjustability of many of the components. The pedal was offered in a slightly less adjustable standard version and a full-featured professional version. The pedal was mostly the native silver color of the metal, with a few black painted details. In 1998, the second-generation Iron Cobra was ...
A footswitch pedal such as the "A/B" pedal routes a guitar signal to an amplifier or enables a performer to switch between two guitars, or between two amplifiers. This footswitch controls an effect (distortion), but it is not an effects pedal as the case does not contain effects circuitry; it is just a switch.
[5] What evolved as the "German" pedal technique in the late 18th and early 19th century promoted heel-and-toe pedaling, while the "French" style was predicated on the "toe only" pedal technique. This 1776 diagram depicts the setup of the manuals and pedal keyboard. In the 17th and 18th centuries, pedalboards were rare in England.
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 ...
English organs evolved from small one- or two-manual instruments into three or more divisions disposed in the French manner with grander reeds and mixtures, though still without pedal keyboards. [46] The Echo division began to be enclosed in the early 18th century, and in 1712, Abraham Jordan claimed his "swelling organ" at St Magnus-the-Martyr ...
The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, commonly known as the 808, is a drum machine manufactured by Roland Corporation between 1980 and 1983. It was one of the first drum machines to allow users to program rhythms instead of using preset patterns.