echoplex

present singular third person echoplexes · participle present echoplexing · participle past echoplexed · past echoplexed

1. intransitivecomputingTo echo received text characters back to the computer that sent them.

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   The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing. As indicated, echoplexing is often confused with the duplexes. If a character is typed, such as A, and on the terminal appears AA, the far end is echoplexing while the terminal is optioned for local displaying of the characters while they are typed.

   1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy

2. transitiveentertainmentTo apply a tape delay effect on (an instrument).

   […](making much use of Macero's splicing, tape loops and echoplexing of Miles' trumpet).

   1979, Black Music & Jazz Review, volume 1, numbers 10–12, page 17

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   William "Wee Gee" Howard takes the lead vocal and Dennis Coffey plays the heavily echoplexed guitar, […]

   2003, Rob Bowman, Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records, page 257

plural echoplexes

1. alsocapitalizedentertainmentA tape delay effect first used in the 1960s.

   On Electric Bath Ellis provided an exquisite example of how to use the loop delay echo chamber on his trumpet, as he played “Open Beauty”. By using an echoplex Ellis was able to play highly effective solos, duets, and trios in a surrealistic manner by himself.

   2001, Bob Yurochko, A Short History of Jazz, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 175