[sdiy] Build a Tape Flanger?

[Darren Reid]

"andy" <mcphive at corrupt.net> talking to some other bloke:

> > 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.
>
> Says on that web site that was linked before that they recorded a
> 50hz tone on one of the four tracks, then stepped up the voltage to drive
> the capstan motor of the other. A clever idea.... reminds me that i meant
> to buy another 8-track deck and sync it to my existing ones :)

That was the Beatles that used the 50hz sync tone. Spectre probably didn't
do anything like that on the 1959 track. I bet they just recorded onto two
decks, "flanging" one or both with a finger, then lined them up on a starter
tone and hit play on both at once to bounce down to another reel.

My guess, anyhoo.

-Darren


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