50's Slapback echo ala Chuck Berry

[Geno1953]

Want to know the setting 50's Slapback Echo.

[D. Gauss]

90 to 120 ms ... 1 to 3 repeats ... season to taste. -d. gauss

[Philip OKeefe]

D Gauss has given you the info... and the only thing I'd say is that you can vary the delay depending on tempo of the song to make the slap "sit" better in the track, so experiment. And sometimes I find you may need to go as high as 150 ms, and I usually only prefer one slap, but two or three repeats can be useful at times too. Phil O'Keefe Sound Sanctuary Recording Riverside CA http://members.aol.com/ssanctuary/index.html pokeefe777@msn.com

[aeon]

of course, adding some compression/saturation and some filtering to the slap is a good idea as well if you want a simulation of the tape tap sound...

[Anderton]

The delay depended on the distance between the playback and record heads of the tape machine used for delay. I've measured a few, and ended up with a typical value of around 75 ms for 15 ips tape. If the tape was run at 7.5 ips, then you'd get double that, or 150 ms. Generally they only pulled a single echo off the recorder, although sometimes engineers would feed this through a mixer and feed back some signal to the input to get more repeats. Each repeat had slightly reduced high frequencies, slightly more distortion, and a bit more noise...so if you want maximum realism, work these into the patch.

[masternfool]

. Each repeat had slightly reduced high frequencies, slightly more distortion, and a bit more noise.. exactly what you get from a "memoryman" if you can find one!

[Chip McDonald]

[quote]Originally posted by masternfool: [b]. Each repeat had slightly reduced high frequencies, slightly more distortion, and a bit more noise.. exactly what you get from a "memoryman" if you can find one![/b][/quote] Line6 delay modeler. Single repeats cranked up sounds more "50's" to me, though. [ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: Chip McDonald ]