How It Was Recorded

Gear · delay

Maestro Echoplex EP-3

Records it appears on · 2

  • Nebraska

    Bruce Springsteen · Album, 1982

    • Lead vocal · Mix effectsVerifiedTape echo added at mixdown; source of the reverb-like ambience on the recordSettings: Echo Sustain turned up with the delay slider at zero, giving an echo that reads almost as reverb (Batlan's description of how the effect was obtained)
    • Acoustic guitar · Mix effectsVerifiedTape echo added at mixdown; Springsteen's usual guitar echo unitSettings: Echo Sustain turned up with the delay slider at zero, giving an echo that reads almost as reverb (Batlan's description of how the effect was obtained)
    • Mixdown and transfer · Mix effectsVerifiedEcho over the mix on the way to the stereo cassetteSettings: Echo Sustain turned up with the delay slider at zero, giving an echo that reads almost as reverb (Batlan's description of how the effect was obtained)
  • Daylight

    David Kushner · The Dichotomy, 2023

    • Lead and backing vocals · Input chainVerifiedDelay used on both the lead and the backing vocals.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

Get the sound

First choice · Emulation of this unit

Universal Audio EP-34 Tape Echo

delay

Models the Echoplex EP-3 and EP-4 tape echoes.

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Alternative · Close match

Soundtoys EchoBoy

delay

Includes an Echoplex-style tape echo setting among its delay styles.

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