18-02-2012, 04:51 AM
What a shame I lost it in the move. I had a Sharp auto-reverse walkman with a 4 track head.
Interesting project, but an odd thing to want to do. I recently gave away a Melos tape echo unit because it needed a new mini 8 track type tape cartridge and they cost more than a working 70's Copycat.
I saw this and had a quick look on the music forums for gear for sale... and came across a Teac professional tape echo machine on offer sort of working for £5 plus postage. I remember using them back in the day when a used cocycat was £5 and the Teac was still current and over £200 .. just shows.. people want the Copycat because of it's sound (all that hiss and fixed delay times.. never liked them) and will pay more for one than for a decent digital rackmount..
A micro casette dictation machine and a cheap walkman will provide most of the bits you need, then just cobble it together.. Most tape loop machines didn't use an erase head, just a fixed magnet.
Interesting project, but an odd thing to want to do. I recently gave away a Melos tape echo unit because it needed a new mini 8 track type tape cartridge and they cost more than a working 70's Copycat.
I saw this and had a quick look on the music forums for gear for sale... and came across a Teac professional tape echo machine on offer sort of working for £5 plus postage. I remember using them back in the day when a used cocycat was £5 and the Teac was still current and over £200 .. just shows.. people want the Copycat because of it's sound (all that hiss and fixed delay times.. never liked them) and will pay more for one than for a decent digital rackmount..
A micro casette dictation machine and a cheap walkman will provide most of the bits you need, then just cobble it together.. Most tape loop machines didn't use an erase head, just a fixed magnet.
