A novel idea started in the 40's by Tel-Ray which later became Morley.
It was spinning disk in a can with oil over the disk. The disc was charged with a static charge and the oil kept that charge from dissipating in the air and a contact pickup picked up the signal which was a mixture of vibrato, reverb and delay.
Catalinbread made a very complex digital algorithm to duplicate it. It is similar to delays using a spinning drum but with a very glassy sound but definitely has a unique.
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It is definitely a sound onto itself. It is definitely not a typical delay with a distinct number of repeats with significant delay time between the repeats. It does have a very organic natural ambient quality.
I find a drum style delay does bit of both so it is worth comparing. I use the Foxgear Echosex Baby delay and at $150.00 USD it is worth a listen.
Check out the review it covers all the history of the Binson Echorec it was
based from. Dave Gilmour put the original on the map.
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