T-Rex Binson Echorec Magnetic Disk Delay: Demo, History & Deep Dive

[@sweetwater]

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[@jasondorsey7110]

Fender musicmaster bass

[@Sainte305]

Oil can delay. It's a sound that I have never gotten out of my head and they were extremely cool. I hope T-Rex sees this! I have their huge Replicator Tape Delay and will be getting this one too, the price is pretty steep though. I'll gladly buy the oil can delay if they ever decide to make one. It's not as iconic, but man is it a FIRE effect.

[@EdVanMeyer]

A Meazzi echo with Halo effect

[@JackNance22]

Sounds beautiful, great demo, Mitch.

[@TheGaetanomariadigio]

Yes but with synthesizer?

[@21GunStudio]

I have an original that is perfectly serviced, and while I haven’t had my hands directly on this reissue, from the videos I’ve seen it ABSOLUTELY NAILS IT. Suggests to me good engineering and the magnetic drum concept are key, and having a tube based circuit isn’t necessarily

[@MartinMartin-yi9to]

Is it user servicable? Are heads and drums (including wires) available as parts?

[@vandal_dk]

The drum needs lubrication, not replacing like a tape. You don’t replace the drum. It should run for years and years. Original drums from the 60’s still work on those old Echorecs. Binson famously stated that they never had to replace or repair a drum. I don’t know if that’s true, but the drum is certainly the last thing you have to worry about on such a unit.

[@MartinMartin-yi9to]

@@vandal_dk It would be interesting if parts and user maintenance manual are available at a decent price......like in the old days. I service my Roland and Echoplex myself.

[@robertball9009]

Multitrack analog cassette recorders

[@StuffnSuch]

Pretty juicy stuff. You guys should do one of these for a giveaway! And then make sure I’m the winner 😁

[@viniciusmarcilio3194]

08:20 thanks

[@m0j0b0ne]

This is no doubt a 'really cool thing' and beautifully made. Trouble is, some manipulations would be required to get it to sound like the old ones; that or some severe neglect. Overall, T Rex has done a great job, but I'd only ask how hard could it be to modify it so as to engage both record heads with a three-way switch and balance the level going to each with a mix knob?

[@davidherber4233]

Great review! I've been waiting for this one to be released. That said, I'm waiting for a comparison between an original "organic" Echorec before dropping $2.1K for this unit. This sounds a bit like the Strymon El Capistan, which I sold on Ebay, as it sounded too "digital" for my tastes. All the best!

[@danymalsound]

Yeah, anyone who has $2k to drop on this just has money to burn.

[@jsook]

@@danymalsoundor wants it for studio use

[@RoboticusMusic]

Which analog echo's would you rank higher?

[@metart93]

Bummer that they didn't make a version that runs on tubes like the originals...

[@bretspangler8717]

Can you touch the drum to modulate the speed?

[@robertisrael338]

Probably not the best idea.

[@hoover728]

There’s a knob and expression pedal to do that so why would you want to potentially damage the unit?

[@knutegn]

@@hoover728 gentlemen. I have a suggestion!! He may be referring to "rock n' roll".

[@adamfstewart81]

Have any even shipped yet? Dying.

[@toborexperiment]

I've read some bad reviews about too much hiss, oscillating sounds at the top, very different sound from the original. Could somebody give me a honest review of this?

[@hitchhikingacrossthenetwor6447]

Shut up and take my money

[@mrdenson3101]

The spinning disc scares me in terms of breakage. I don’t believe the device can last very long

[@RoboticusMusic]

They should make a dust cover for the whole top.

[@blake100blake]

Welcome to the wonderful world of magnetic tape/drum echoes. None of them are very reliable, though this one is better than some others

[@jansonrawlings8169]

Sounds like a catalinbread pedal!

[@chickenlickin3820]

the painted lettering already starting to fall off!

[@s.fields8770]

It's problem a touring/demo unit. Cosmetic blems are the norm for traveling demo units.

[@basilandrigsby]

I think it’s on all of them. It’s just the nature of screen printing on dimpled surface. Mine has it too. Looks fine.

[@caspermaster-com]

Apparantly you cant use it 100% wet which makes it about 100% less useful in the studio. Considering the price and XLR I/O its a huge oversight

[@kaekayyy2554]

Hey, Im new to audio and DI... Could you explain in brief why this is an issue?

[@caspermaster-com]

@@kaekayyy2554 In mixing you usually want the FX separate to the dry vocal for example, this unit can only be used on the vocal in series and not in paralell, so in short you are tied when it comes to processing. For example you might want to eq the FX differently than the dry source track. Also you can not send multiple sources to it in a clean way which you would be able to if it was 100% wet, now the dry sound will be amplified in the paralell send and mess up the volume balance

[@kaekayyy2554]

@@caspermaster-com thanks a lot 👍