MAKING SOUND

FIG.003 — ROLAND RE-201 SPACE ECHO

The effect that plays sound back
to you, a moment later.

A tape echo records your sound onto a loop of tape, then reads it back as the loop passes a row of playback heads. Each head sits a little further along, so each gives a later echo — and feeding the output back in makes the repeats regenerate and slowly decay.

DRAWN IN TRUE ISOMETRIC · ONE ACCENT FILL MARKS THE TAPE LOOP · MAKE IT AUDIBLE TO HEAR THE ECHO YOU SEE