There once was a time when a "bucket brigade" was a handful of firemen and digital processing was only used by computers the size of a house. Echo effects were largely done by using magnetic tape run by a motor – it was such a cool sounding concept, but the size, weight and ease of use was always a challenge for the players.
That was then, this is now!
The Replicator is T-Rex Engineering´s take on the ultimate tape echo unit, complete with a motor, magnetic heads and a tape cartridge. The goal was to make a tape echo unit that could nail the sound quality of the old echo units, but surpass them in features. Size, ease of use and super-fast tape replacing were obvious areas of improvement, but we also put in tap tempo, two playback heads for three output modes and a chorus mode that modulates the pitch of the echos.

Two expression pedal inputs allow the player to control delay time and feedback in real time for instant synth-noise at your feet.
The tape cartridge (available seperately) can be replaced in seconds and the high headroom of the circuit will allow you to use this pedal for processing line signals as well (keyboards, P.A. aux sends, preamps, etc.).
The difference between a super precise, accurate digital echo and the Replicator is that there is a certain amount of unpredictability in the sound of tape. It has its own life, almost. And that personality translates into a very natural sounding echo that we think feels more like an instrument than a sound effect.

THE BAG CONTAINS
the Replicator, user manual, 2 tape cartridges, cotton swabs and power supply with wall socket plugs for world use.

MPN: REPLICATOR
UPC: 811059010274

• Record-, playback- and erase heads, for true analog tape echoes
  
• 2 playback heads: One is tap-tempo controllable, one is independently bypass-able. Both will be off when the pedal is bypassed
  
• Head2 ́s delay time is dependant on the tape speed (delay time) and its effect on the sound varies with the delay time
  
• Easy tape cassette replacement (unscrew, pull the lever, take out casette, replace).
  
• Saturation: Drives the record head into saturation (led peak indication)
  
• Feedback: Adjusts the amount of feedback on both delays. This control can make the unit self-oscillate. Controllable externally by expression pedal input
  
• Delay time: Varies from appr. 8 ms. to 3 sec (preliminary specs). The tempo can be tapped (does not apply to head2)
  
• Master boost (situated right before the output) goes from unity gain to +20dB boost for overall volume boosts
  
• Chorus: Built-in tape modulation. This varies the tape speed in very small amounts, resulting in pitch modulation of the delays
  
• Delay level: Adjusts the level of the two playback heads
  
• 24VDC powered, for really high headroom. (In excess of +20dBu)
  
• True 85KHz, 60V bias oscillator to ensure pre-magnetization of the tape
  
• C30 1/8" chrome tape for extra long life
  
• All analog signal path