Delays / Echo

Second-hand tape recorders are cheap and can provide uniquely warm, organic delay effects. Best of all, its a piece of cake to integrate them into a digital mixing setup. We tell you how...

PSP's latest plug-in covers the spectrum from vintage tape-echo emulation to serious weirdness.

Line 6 have released two DSP-based effects pedals that use physical modelling to recreate the echo, delay and modulation treatments of a bygone age. Paul White — who was there first time around — finds out how they measure up to the real thing.

Though marketed as a guitar effects unit, the G Force might be more accurately described as a full-function studio effects processor with some neat guitar-related functions added.

We try out what must be the most cost-effective programmable 24-bit effects unit on the market. But can quality really come at such a low price?

Delay, originally called echo, is one of the oldest artificial effects, yet it can still be one of the most impressive — if used with care. Paul White explains the potential problems and how to avoid them.

The world of multi-effects might be generally interdisciplinary, but Derek Johnson finds that there'll always be room for a specialist.