Echofix EF-X2 vs Vintage Roland Tape Echo (Comparison)
A comparison of the EF-X2 against a Soundgas Roland RE-201 Space Echo and RE-501 Chorus Echo. To make it a fair comparison that would be meaningful to most people, I used machines we’d serviced some time ago and that have seen regular use since, rather than freshly restored (or our higher priced exceptional/modified) machines. They are both solid Soundgas Roland Echoes, which sound and perform better than most other vintage units, but are not one of our exceptional/premium machines fresh out of the workshop.
The steady background hiss in the recording is not from the echoes - it's a limitation of the unit used to record the audio into the iPhone.
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00:00 - Intro
04:38 - Blind Comparison
06:34 - Noise Floor
07:50 - Echo Comparisons On Beats
10:03 - Switching Between Head Patterns
11:43 - Reverb
13:08 - Self-Oscillation/Feedback
16:22 - Plucked Guitar
17:50 - Timbales
19:01 - Smooth Horns
19:57 - Cello
21:01 - String Textures
21:42 - Marimba
24:03 - Keys
25:31 - Rhythms
26:33 - Piano
28:48 - Vocal Loop
30:54 - The EF-X2 Killer Party Trick!
31:35 - Outro and Final Thoughts