[sdiy] Build a Tape Flanger?

[Theo]

Indeed, the US had the lead.
E.g. Les Paul used multi-track recording (disk! based) in the '40s early
50s.
When the beatles hit the 4 track limit (the sync two 4 tracks story) decks
with more tracks where already available in the US for about a decade.
If any single artist has to be given credit for "revolutionizing" the art of
studio recording, I think Les Paul deserves the honor, not the Beatles.

Theo


From: Chris Randall <chris at smg.org>

>
> > According to Billboard The Big Hurt was #3 for 14 weeks. It hit the top
40
> > on November 23, 1959. It is agreed that The Big Hurt was the first
> > commercial release of song using flanging.
>
> Fair enough. I (and Sir George, apparantly) stand corrected. This begs the
> question though: how on earth did they sync two decks in 1959? I don't
think
> I would be completely off base by saying that the art of recording was
more
> advanced in the US than in the UK at the time, but I mean, damn.
>
> -CR
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