Today, we’ve got an ancient piece of gear that we ran through a bunch of different effects, and it was one of the funnest experiences we’ve had here in the office. The Library of Congress started building their own cassette players for handicapped people from the 1960’s until the late 2000’s. These cassette players are known for their complete control of cassette tapes that other cassette players just don’t have. The player is capable of being both a plug in unit and portable with its integrated rechargeable batteries, though I recommend just using the wall power jack because some of the batteries are hit or miss.
They are able to play regular two track stereo or mono cassettes backwards. Listing to recorded music backwards at a flip of a switch is one of my favorite features of this player. The play at two different base speeds (15/16 or 1 7/8) with even more variability with a low to high slider to create the perfect pitch in each cassette loop. There is an aux in and out in 3.5 mm jack, 3.5 mm headphone jack, and 1/4″ stereo plug out jack. These machines are great for studio recording, but also have the potential to be a wild addition to any live rig.
The demo below is long, but it’s worth it, featuring music from George Gershwin, Madonna, Sonny Rollins, Billie Holliday and more, and featuring the following effects pedals:
FTelettronica Limbic System Digital Reverb
Ibanez DML20 Modulation Delay III
Pladask Elektrisk Tåken Asynchronous Delay
Mu-Tron Phasor III Optical Analog Phaser
Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude Analog Delay
Diamond Pedals Vibrato
Chase Bliss Audio Blooper
KMA Machines Cirrus Spatial-Temporal Modifier
Surfy Industries SurfyVibe Vibrato Phaser Chorus Tremolo
Ibanez ES-2 Echo Shifter
Boss DC-2W Dimension C
Something new for you all to enjoy, maybe we’ll start doing a series of these….stay safe!!
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