The Binson Echorec is a
delay effects unit
An effects unit, effects processor, or effects pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source through audio signal processing.
Common effects include distortion (music), distortion/overdrive, ...
produced by Italian company
Binson. Unlike most other electromechanical delays, the Echorec uses an analog magnetic drum recorder instead of a
tape loop
In music, tape loops are loops of magnetic tape used to create repetitive, rhythmic musical patterns or dense layers of sound when played on a tape recorder. Originating in the 1940s with the work of Pierre Schaeffer, they were used among ...
.
After using Meazzi Echomatic machines,
Hank Marvin of
the Shadows
The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters between 1958 and 1959) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the pre-Beatles era from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. They served as the bac ...
began using Binson echoes. He used various Binson units on record and stage for much of the mid-to-late 1960s. Marvin continued to use Binsons until c.1979/1980, when he began using a
Roland Space Echo.
Echorecs were used by
Syd Barrett
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Until his departure in 1968, he was Pink Floyd's frontman and primary songwriter, ...
,
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink F ...
, and
Richard Wright of
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experiments ...
. The Echorec can be heard on Pink Floyd songs including "
Interstellar Overdrive", "
Astronomy Domine", "
Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "
Time
Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...
", "
One of These Days", and "
Echoes".
A Binson Echorec Baby owned by the band was displayed at the
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen ...
as part of the 2017 ''
Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains'' exhibition.
See also
*
Roland Space Echo
*
Echoplex
The Echoplex is a tape delay effects unit, first made in 1959. Designed by engineer Mike Battle, the Echoplex set a standard for the effect in the 1960s; according to Michael Dregni, it is still regarded as "the standard by which everything e ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120317084352/http://binsonamoremio.altervista.org/
* http://binson-museum.weebly.com/
* http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/binson_echorec_2_t7e.html
Sound recording technology
Effects units
Pink Floyd
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