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Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:20 am
by William G Dale
Hi,can anyone give me any info on a Melos Tape Echo.I know it has an 8 track cartridge in it but thats all i know.I have just bought it on Ebay but not yet delivered.In the 60's i used a Dynacord for recording and for the last 20 years have had a Roland RE 501 that now has a motor problem.I bought an Akai Headrush to replace it but i cant play the same without the sound on sound

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 12:16 am
by William G Dale
Hi,Well the Melos Tape Echo arrived minus the tape cartridge and i can see now its not an 8 track but is about 2.5 x 3.5 ins in size Can any one give me a clue where i might get a cartridge ?

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:48 pm
by audioforge
hi. i think it use appolon tape cartridge same as in univox tape delay. try to find such cartridge and feed with normal tape cassette not chrome. hope it help.

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:44 am
by pjr
Hello - did you have any luck getting hold of a tape for your Melos Echo Chamber? Have just found one, but I think the old tape has had it and am trying to replace it. Any ideas?

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 8:42 am
by snitch
i've just got a melos echo chamber from a friend, with a &#40;defective&#41; cartridge - so i'm looking for those as well. <BR> <BR>if it helps, the defective cartridge is &#40;indeed&#41; an apollon "recording tape", type "HD 5000".

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:08 pm
by langley
I have a melos tape cart. It's brand new and I've been trying to buy a melos echo to put it in for years. I used one years back and it was nice but then I'd never heard a space echo back then! Joy division used one to process their Arp Omni. Would anyone wnat to sell the unit to me?

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 2:34 pm
by GERRY QUIGLEY
Hi <BR>I have a melos tape echo with a cartridge that is worn out .The actual unit is in perfect working order except for the cartridge <BR> GERRY

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:11 pm
by sarchris
I also have a melos echo unit minus tape if anyone has a tape please let me know or if anyone would like to have it please feel free to ask.

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:18 am
by Mel Mullock
Hi I have a melos echo minus the tape if anyone has a spare tape or is interested it it please let me know

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:20 pm
by james bragg
hey, yeah, i'd like to be included in this, i need a tape too. so if anyone has one give me a shout too at <A HREF="mailto:james@juntomusic.com">james@juntomusic.com</A>. cheers

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 8:07 am
by Pavel Savchenko
I have 2 melos echo chambers both with tapes but they're worn ... if anyone has any ideas where to get the apollon tapes or some replacement please contact me urgently !!! Thanks !

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:14 pm
by Kenny Miller
Is it possible to open the cartridge and replace the tape? I'm looking at buying a melos and don't have a cartridge to view. Is the tape 1/4 inch or cassette size?

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:14 pm
by Reverend B
wassup

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:10 pm
by jsdspif
I also am looking for a spare cartridge , but mine is for a univox 80 . There is a dictaphone cartridge that is very simialar that was used in another unit and I have heard it works in a univox ,so maybe that would work in the melos , but those also are about impossible to find

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:27 am
by Stephan
Hi, <BR> <BR>i have a Melos Echo unit. <BR> <BR>It is possible to open the cartridge and replace the tape with some from a normal cassette which i have done.The join needs to be perfect. <BR>Sounds okay.

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:17 am
by Jake Cataford
Hello. <BR>I'm trying to track down an apollon tape cartridge aswell. If by some miracle these cartridges surface any where do let me know. thanks. <BR><a href="mailto:cataford_3@hotmail.com">cataford_3@hotmail.com</a>

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:28 pm
by Stephan Groome
Jake, <BR> <BR>you may find what you are looking for here. <BR> <BR><a href="http://www.candisc.com/ranger/surplus.htm" target="_blank">http://www.candisc.com/ranger/surplus.htm</a> <BR> <BR>Regards Stephan

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:31 am
by Karl May
Can anyone help me with a schematic for a Melos tape echo.Mechanicals and heads are OK but no echo signal coming back.Probably a simple problem on the circuit board.If anyone has a schematic please email to me at <a href="mailto:grahamwa@bigpond.com.au">grahamwa@bigpond.com.au</a> <BR>Many thanks,Karl May

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:48 am
by Hugh
Hi. Anything about Melos echo chamber tapes? I have a Melos with a tape also but the tape broke somehow and i couldnt work out how to re thead it. either some help with rethreading or somewhere to get a new tape would be awesome. thanks.

Melos Tape Echo

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:03 am
by Marcel
I have a Melos too with a worn out apollon cartridge. The problem with this cartridge is not the tape itself, but the two pieces of foam beneath the felt strips in the cassette on the head locations. The foam desintegrated due to age, thus not pressing the tape on the heads. <BR> <BR>I refurbished the two foam pieces but I did not manage to get the tape back in correctly. <BR>Somehow the tape does not peel the bottom part <BR>from the carrier inside and got stuck. <BR> <BR>I'll try again with a clean fresh piece of tape <BR> <BR>I also pulled the PCB because I thought it was an electronic problem, and put it on scanner and did a partial redraw of the schematics. <BR> <BR> <BR>After some measurements I found that it was working correctly. The tape not passing correctly along the heads was the real problem.