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tape echo

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noun

  1. Also called: tape slap.  a means of delaying the repeat of a sound by adjusting the time lapse between the recording and playback heads of a tape recorder

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Through Miller’s use of tape echo and primitive percussion — often played by Lester — the Miller studio crafted some of the era’s most atmospheric down-home blues records.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2018

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