Re: EH 16 second delay

[Stan Card <stanitarium@earthlink.net>]

> Richard Zvonar wrote:
> 
>> If someone will catalog the E-H's features I'll see if I can reproduced 
>them.
> 
> To me the essentials are the reverse switch for changing direction of
> playback,
> the way the sound responds to changing the delay length (shorter delay 
>speeds
> up
> the loop, longer delay slows it down unlike some delays where changing 
>the
> loop
> length merely means moving the end point), and the short/long switch 
>where
> going
> from the short (8 sec) range to long (16 sec) drops the sound down an 
>octave
> as
> well as stretching the envelope.  And the aforementioned modulation, of
> course.
> 
> John McIntyre


very well put-i would say the way you can manipulate sound on the fly  w/
those faders(as opposed to knobs or pads) and aforementioned
fast/slow-reverse/forward really quickly plus feedback(regeneration) that
goes to total noise eventually-which can then become a mixable sound w/ new
sound being added.
its hard to enumerate-its such a physical thang.
i suggest watching <nels cline> in action @ his live shows or getting that
old <adrian belew> 
instructional video where he puts it thru its paces(but w/ footpedal!)
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