Re: [Harp-L] effects thar LW used

[MARK BURNESS <markwjburness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Little Walter is not thought to have personally used any effects, the effects on his recordings at Universal & Chess were applied by the studio, some in real time, some at mastering. Common effects used by both Chess & Universal (whose founder, equipment builder & recording engineer, Bill Putnam als consulted Chess on their studio at 2120 S Michigan Av.) were chamber reverb (a channel from the desk was run out to a speaker in another room, resulting reverb recorded by a mic in said room & fed back to the desk & mixed with the raw track) and tape delay utilising a 2nd tape recorder to layer a delay over the master track.



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 From: Thomas Esposito <tommyespo57@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx" <Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, 2 January 2015, 21:32
Subject: [Harp-L] effects thar LW used
 

been playing 40 years listning to lw alot the we all know he has cutting edge but after 40 years still not sure what he used for effects, lotta people say echoplex but that wasnt made till 59 and juke was recorded in 52 i dont here repeats it might even be reverb. some kind of slap back dig it alot.magic dick did the same on some tunes like stoop down.forget about the amp and mic thats dosnt matter. happy new year