trancegodz
Fractal Fanatic
Have any of you tried to recreate the original Binson Echorec delay sounds in your Axe FXIII?
David Gilmour used one in the the early days of Pink Floyd.
I was thinking the Axe FXIII could probably easily duplicate the Binson Echorec delay settings. I am not sure what you'd need to do to recreate the unique tone or the "swell" settings of the original unit though.
The Binson are four short fixed delay times.
head 4 - 300ms
head 3 - 225ms
head 2 - 150ms
head 1 - 75ms
The original Echorec had a maximum delay time of 300ms
(This varied slightly among units, some going up as far as 330ms)
The unique twist the Binson provided was that you could engage combinations of the four playback heads - from one head to two, three, and all four heads - up to 12 different combinations were provided. And then the Swell control fed the signal from these playback heads back into the input to create a beautiful wash of repeats.
The original Echorec had a 12 position switch which controlled the various playback head configurations.
Binson Echorec Matrix
Program #1 = Head 1 = 75ms
Program #2 = Head 2 = 150ms
Program #3 = Head 3 = 225ms
Program #4 = Head 4 = 300ms
Program #5 = Heads 1 & 2 = 75ms + 150ms
Program #6 = Heads 2 & 4 = 150ms + 300ms
Program #7 = Heads 3 & 4 = 225ms + 300ms
Program #8 = Heads 1 & 3 = 75ms + 225ms
Program #9 = Heads 2 & 4 = 150ms + 300ms
Program #10 = Heads 1, 2, 3 = 75ms + 150ms + 225ms
Program #11 = Heads 2, 3, 4 = 150ms + 225ms + 300ms
Program #12 = Heads 1, 2, 3, 4 = 75ms + 150ms + 225ms + 300ms
The Catalinbread Echorec added these extra combinations:
Heads 1 & 4
Heads 1 ,2, 4
Heads 1, 3, 4
The Echorec has 3 operating modes:
ECHO: a standard slapback delay, only one repetition per writing head
REP: a classic "feedback" delay, the sound of each playback head is fed back into the input according to the value of the Delays knob. This mode is the one that was most used by Pink Floyd in the early 1970s
SWELL: works like the RIP mode, where the output of each read head is fed back into the input according to the chosen Delays, except that the overall output is the sum of all 4 read heads independent from the Delays knob. Originally, this mode was used to recreate the sound space of a small room
David Gilmour used one in the the early days of Pink Floyd.
I was thinking the Axe FXIII could probably easily duplicate the Binson Echorec delay settings. I am not sure what you'd need to do to recreate the unique tone or the "swell" settings of the original unit though.
The Binson are four short fixed delay times.
head 4 - 300ms
head 3 - 225ms
head 2 - 150ms
head 1 - 75ms
The original Echorec had a maximum delay time of 300ms
(This varied slightly among units, some going up as far as 330ms)
The unique twist the Binson provided was that you could engage combinations of the four playback heads - from one head to two, three, and all four heads - up to 12 different combinations were provided. And then the Swell control fed the signal from these playback heads back into the input to create a beautiful wash of repeats.
The original Echorec had a 12 position switch which controlled the various playback head configurations.
Binson Echorec Matrix
Program #1 = Head 1 = 75ms
Program #2 = Head 2 = 150ms
Program #3 = Head 3 = 225ms
Program #4 = Head 4 = 300ms
Program #5 = Heads 1 & 2 = 75ms + 150ms
Program #6 = Heads 2 & 4 = 150ms + 300ms
Program #7 = Heads 3 & 4 = 225ms + 300ms
Program #8 = Heads 1 & 3 = 75ms + 225ms
Program #9 = Heads 2 & 4 = 150ms + 300ms
Program #10 = Heads 1, 2, 3 = 75ms + 150ms + 225ms
Program #11 = Heads 2, 3, 4 = 150ms + 225ms + 300ms
Program #12 = Heads 1, 2, 3, 4 = 75ms + 150ms + 225ms + 300ms
The Catalinbread Echorec added these extra combinations:
Heads 1 & 4
Heads 1 ,2, 4
Heads 1, 3, 4
The Echorec has 3 operating modes:
ECHO: a standard slapback delay, only one repetition per writing head
REP: a classic "feedback" delay, the sound of each playback head is fed back into the input according to the value of the Delays knob. This mode is the one that was most used by Pink Floyd in the early 1970s
SWELL: works like the RIP mode, where the output of each read head is fed back into the input according to the chosen Delays, except that the overall output is the sum of all 4 read heads independent from the Delays knob. Originally, this mode was used to recreate the sound space of a small room