How do I clean my space echo?

You need to clean the tape heads and tape path with isopropyl alcohol. If you have an RE-201, RE-101 or RE-150 make sure the tape is behind the first guide pole after the tension spring. You may also need to polish the heads with a chrome or silver type polish then clean again with isopropyl alcohol.

Is Roland Space Echo stereo?

(Since the input level adjusts the dry signal as well as the effect, many guitarists through the years have used the Space Echo to push the front end of a tube amp to add an edge to their sound.) Additionally, there are stereo inputs and outputs, allowing you pass true stereo audio through the RE-20.

What is a tape echo?

A type of delay or echo processor that uses analog recording tape to achieve the effect. A signal would be routed to a separate tape recorder (from the one being used to record the performance) that was set to monitor off its repro head.

When did the Roland Space echo come out?

1974
THIS IS ITS STORY… Over the years, Roland has created a significant number of products that have gone on to become legendary. One of the earliest examples is the Roland RE-201 Space Echo, a combination tape echo and reverb introduced in 1974.

What is a tape delay?

Tape Delay simulates the sound of vintage tape echo machines. It can run at a free rate or can be synchronized with the project tempo. The effect is equipped with a highpass and lowpass filter in the feedback loop, making it easy to create authentic dub echo effects.

What was the first digital delay?

The first digital delay offered in a pedal was the Boss DD-2 in 1984. Digital delays present an extensive array of options, including a control over the time before playback of the delayed signal.

Are echo and delay the same thing?

Delays are separate copies of an original signal that reoccur within milliseconds of each other. Echoes are sounds that are delayed far enough in time so that you hear each as a distinct copy of the original sound.

Is tape echo the same as tape delay?

Many engineers and musicians use the two terms interchangeably. But if you want to get tweaky about it, echo effects are a subset of delay effects, but delay effects can be much more than just echo. Echo effects are also time-shifted repeats of a signal, but they are designed to sound like the echo found in nature.

What does tape delay mean?

The slight delay that occurred between when the signal was presented and when it finally came off the repro head provided a delayed signal back to the main recording. The delay time could be adjusted by changing the speed of the tape machine used for the delay.