"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 in 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, infact you should clean them often. This is true for the actual hardware unit, and for the digital simulation as well! Panel Controls:– Swell: adjusts the volume of the repeats;– Sustain: adjusts the number of repeats; be careful with this knob!– Gain 1: volume of input 1 (left channel);– Gain 2: volume of input 2 (right channel);– Head 1, Head 2, Head 3: use these switches to select the playback head(s); each head gives a different delay time.Don't touch the capstan! :-)Additional Features:– Very easy to use– Very light on CPU and memory– Easy MIDI Learn feature– Free for all, so the world may know how cool is a Watkins tape echo!"GO GET IT!
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