tape echo

noun

An audio delay device which records incoming audio to a loop of magnetic tape, then replays it over a series of playback heads before it is erased again by new incoming audio.

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Meanings

nountape echo (countable and uncountable, plural tape echoes)

plural tape echoes

  1. countableAn audio delay device which records incoming audio to a loop of magnetic tape, then replays it over a series of playback heads before it is erased again by new incoming audio.
  2. uncountableThe effect produced by such a device.
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APA

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Chicago

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