MOTM

The Roland kicked butt. I had an RE-201 for years, wish I still did. It is
much more hi-fi than the echoplex, and had a much longer length tape which
lasted longer. I think the echoplex could do longer delays, however, cause
you could move the head farther from the record head. The Roland also had a
spring verb unit as a bonus.

Be careful buying an old mechanical tape unit - the heads are probably no
longer replaceable, and you'll have to make your own tapes when they need
replacement. Use a tape with a heavy backing.

I'm not familiar with the Vox, so I can't speak about it.

Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: james holloway [mailto:jimh54@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 8:40 AM
> To: motm@egroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Echoes revisited
>
>
> I'm thinking of buying either a Vox echo unit or an Echoplex
> unit. even the
> Roland may be a possibility. Any one of the learned minds out
> there have an
> opinion as to which would be better or are they both about the
> same? I want
> the old analog (tape loop) type of effect. Also how much would be a fair
> price?
> Thanks.