TC Electronic FLASHBACK - TAPE, LOFI, and DYN Delay

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TAPE
Thisisanemulationoftheoldstyletapedelays.Priortothedigitalera,delayswerecreatedusinga
TapeRecordingdevicewithatape-loopandseveralrecording/playbackheads.
Analogtape-recordershaveatendencytodeteriorate/changetherecordedmaterial.Wowandflutter
combined with a significant loss of high-end frequencies, and to some extent also low-end frequencies,
areallelementscommonlyassociatedwithtaperecordings.Theseattributes,thatonpapersound
negative, are often quite useful and sought-after as they tend to compliment the source material in a
highly musical manner.
LOFI
Deliberatelysquashingthesoundofthedelayrepeats,theLo-Fidelayeffectallowsyoutomakea
statement.
DYN - Dynamic
ThisisareplicaofthelegendaryDynamicDelayinitiallyintroducedintherenownedTC2290.The
Delay’s output level is actively altered by the dynamics of the input level. While playing, the delay
levelisattenuatedandinbetweenphrasesthedelaylevelisincreased.Thisallowsyoutoplaywitha
relative large amount of delay without muddying fast riffs.