Melos Tape Echo

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William G Dale
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by William G Dale » Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:20 am

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

William G Dale
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by William G Dale » Sat Oct 18, 2003 12:16 am

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 ?

audioforge
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by audioforge » Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:48 pm

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.

pjr
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by pjr » Thu Dec 18, 2003 11:44 am

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?

snitch
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by snitch » Mon Jun 28, 2004 8:42 am

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".

langley
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by langley » Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:08 pm

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?

GERRY QUIGLEY
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by GERRY QUIGLEY » Sat Sep 25, 2004 2:34 pm

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

sarchris
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by sarchris » Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:11 pm

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.

Mel Mullock
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by Mel Mullock » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:18 am

Hi I have a melos echo minus the tape if anyone has a spare tape or is interested it it please let me know

james bragg
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by james bragg » Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:20 pm

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

Pavel Savchenko
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by Pavel Savchenko » Thu May 26, 2005 8:07 am

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 !

Kenny Miller
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Post by Kenny Miller » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:14 pm

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?

Reverend B
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by Reverend B » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:14 pm

wassup

jsdspif
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Post by jsdspif » Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:10 pm

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

Stephan
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by Stephan » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:27 am

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.

Jake Cataford
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Post by Jake Cataford » Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:17 am

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>

Stephan Groome
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Post by Stephan Groome » Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:28 pm

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

Karl May
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by Karl May » Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:31 am

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

Hugh
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by Hugh » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:48 am

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.

Marcel
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Melos Tape Echo

Post by Marcel » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:03 am

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.

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