WatKat is a digital "clone" of a Wem Watkins "Custom" Copicat. It sounds very lo-fi, noisy, irregular. When you turn it off and leave the tape loaded, the tape bends in proximity of the capstan, and this turns into a periodic pitch fall during echo playback; plus, it gets hot and the background hum gets worse over time... you should turn it off every now and then; the tape is never completely erased, and the capstan motor flutters... and it gets worse if you touch it while it's spinning; heads tend to get dirty very soon, in fact you should clean them often. This is true for the actual hardware unit, and for the digital simulation as well.
Hi, this is pretty cool...but a speed ctrl were put it on a superior level.....
Just the thing for a rockabilly slap. head 1 on, other two off, swell about 7/10, feedback just above 0, both gains on full. hardly a hit on my CPU and does the slap perfectly. Thanks.
Hey I remember these way back in the 70's they where the latest tech and not very reliable but did.
make some amazing sounds you can hear the echo from the tape through the PA system and.
perfect for a Country and western sounds. This download sounds like fun to use.
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