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Tape Echo
FauxFaux
Vintage Tape Echo Tones
Ever since the rst incarnate of the Faux Tape Echo hit the stores in around 2008, it’s
been well known for it’s purity of tone, depth of eect and - dare I say it - sheer beauty
of tone. The secret to the Faux Tape Echo then, and now, is the purity of the signal path.
Your original tone does not go through the digital converters, it stays pure - all the way,
all the time. We separate the signal and the only the repeats are converted, and they are
worked at the highest standard possible, making your tone pure.
To be honest, all of the above wasn’t why most people loved the original FTE. Sure, they
appreciated the core tone, but once they icked the switch that turned the tap
emulation on they were simply blown away - let’s be honest here, how many times
have you heard a “tape emulation” that is just a chorus, usually quite a choppy one at
that and thought - ‘nope’. If you are anything like me, many many many times. The tape
emulation on the FTE is organic, it’s not predictable, it’s not a chorus. The way it moves
just makes it sound like an old tape echo that’s seen better days - you know the type,
the ones that sound perfect!
Several years and two complete reworks later, the Faux Tape Echo STILL sports that
beautiful through tone, the amazingly deep repeats, THAT tape emulation and a couple
of new features designed to make your life that much easier.
Firstly, we added a Tap Tempo, we also added about 200ms to the delay time (making it
around 800ms now), top jacks to make sure your pedal board can be jam packed with
as many tone machines you want, soft switches for the ultimate in durability and most
recently - sub divisions on the TT. You can set it to be 1/4 notes, 1/8 notes, dotted 8ths
and even triplets... v2 of the FTE is the ultimate delay pedal, there are no wasted
algoryhtms giving you endless stu you will never use, everything is poured into one
thing and one thing only. Great tone - there’s no reverse ice reecting cavern multi tap
nonsense here!
To get the most out of your new pedal, you'll want to become very familiar with the controls. The new Faux Tape Echo features Depth, Rate,
Tone, Repeats, Delay Mix and Delay controls - in addition to a Tap Tempo footswitch located on the bottom right which overrides the Delay
control as long as the pedal is powered. There is also the sub division selector switch to control how the delay come back to you in relation to
the tempo that has either been selected via the knob or tap tempo.
Bypass – A relay based true-bypass footswitch thatensures that your signal is unaected when bypassed.
Delay Mix – Controls the level of the delayed signal. At low settings, this can be quite subtle, and it is strongly interactive with the Tone and
Repeats controls. Where it begins to equal or even overtake the dry signal depends on how loud your guitar's output is, but it has a very
thorough range of adjustment which allows you to dial in precisely how much wet signal you want.
Repeats – This controls the level of feedback into the delay line. Up to a certain point, which depends on other factors (where the Tone knob is
set, and how hot your guitar's output is among them), this will just mean more repeats. However, dialed in high enough for your particular
setup, you can get very pleasing oscillation, or feedback that continues on and on once you've played the initial note. There are a lot of neat
sounds that you can achieve with oscillation, from a building swell at higher Level settings, to an ambient background you can create with
lower Mix and Tone settings and Repeats just at the point of oscillating. This can give you a beautiful undertone to play over that doesn't get in
the way of anything. There's a huge range to be explored on the Repeats knob, and like the Delay Mix control it is setup-dependent as to where
the rst repeats, pre-oscillation, oscillation, etc. can be found.