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| Chinese Forehead made use of assorted low-tech gear for a variety of effects. In addition to the use of a [[vibrator]], a hacked open-reel tape recorder was used to run tape loops. | Chinese Forehead made use of assorted low-tech gear for a variety of effects. In addition to the use of a [[vibrator]], a hacked open-reel tape recorder was used to run tape loops. | ||
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| + | The device was pulled from some street-side trash one day. You can kinda-sorta see a picture of it in one of the [[posters]] for the [[1979nov15tr3|Nov 15 1979 TR3 ]] gig. | ||
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| + | It was big, clunky, and fun to hack. | ||
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| + | Such devices work by altering magnetic tape as it passes over the tape head assembly. On this device the record head preceded the play-back head. If you sent an audio signal directly to the record head the sound would be recorded on the tape and immediately played by the playback head. | ||
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| + | One result was a cheap, short, delay. | ||
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| + | If you did not send any audio signal whatever was on the tape would play. By using lops of various sizes in place of the standard reels a section of sound could be repeated endlessly. | ||
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