Overloud Gem Echoson

Legendary Magnetic Drum Delay beyond the original hardware.

ECHOSON: Legendary Magnetic Drum Delay

ECHOSON is the Overloud recreation of a legendary Italian magnetic drum delay unit. Its unique tone defined the Pink Floyd sound in the '70s.

• Super-realistic recreation of the lush ethereal original tone
• Independent control of each playback head
• Stereo operating mode with separate controls for the left and right
• Dual-mono, Stereo and Reverb modes allow to create wider soundscapes
• Adjustable disc speed to change delay time, with BPM sync option
• Built-in parametric equalizer
• User adjustable wow/flutter and electrical noise
• Multilevel undo-redo
• A/B Comparison
• Lots of presets designed in real mixing sessions
• Scribble Strips: take notes anywhere on the plugin panel

BEYOND THE ORIGINAL HARDWARE

ECHOSON extends the features of the original hardware and joins the flexibility of the digital world to the character of the analog processing.

Stereo Mode

You can process left and right with different settings (Mono), send delays to the opposite channel (Cross) and combine the two channels (Verb)

Heads control

You can switch on/off the playback heads individually and decide which ones are fed back to the magnetic drum

Adjustable Time

While the original hardware has a fixed delay time of 310mSec, the Echoson allows you to choose a different tempo and even sync it to the song's BPM.

The original units have been manufactured in the '60s and '70s by an Italian company. They are currently highly demanded thanks to their unique tone which adds a touch of personality to modern recordings.

It's the secret weapon of many contemporary engineers which use it on vocals, keyboards and drums to achieve a unique tone.

A unique and flexible soundchain

While a tape echo's input sound is recorded to tape, on a ECHOSON it is recorded onto a circular spinning disc which has 4 playback heads positioned around it.