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Originally Posted by Kid Presentable
McDuff will know the tech stuff but I assume the echoplex is the vocal effect used on things like 3mcs and the slow n low remix? More of that type of thing would be nice, that real 'big' vocal sound.
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Those delays could very well be echoplex (and given the era, likely), though I'd say what they're doing on those vocal tracks is more of a technique (stacking and delaying the last syllable of each line) than an equipment dependent effect. That's a pretty basic delay setting for any unit.
However, tape delays like the echoplex are really apparent when they distort and change speed. For example, if you listen to the delays on the word "electrify" at the ends of each verse on the song of the same title, or the decay of the "ravers of the world unite" line in Unite; the crispy delays that speed up and slow down. Thats classic tape delay (echoplex in this case).
The holy grail example though is Nonstop Disco Powerpack. It's ALL OVER those verses. All those wild vocal effects you here going on under their vocals (and alotta other psychedelic sounds that dont even sound like traditional delay) are heavy-handed perversions of the plex.