T-Rex releases Binson Echorec drum echo pedal
November 10, 2023 · 2 sources
T-Rex has released a new Binson Echorec, a multi-head magnetic drum echo, That Pedal Show said in an episode published on November 10, 2023. The show said it was firing up the pedal for the first time alongside other drum echo units and a vintage Binson Echorec Baby.
The show described the unit as "a genuine multi-head magnetic drum echo made by the laudable people at T-Rex in Denmark"1. According to the episode, the pedal has balanced XLR in and out2, two speeds for the head2, and a record level knob at the bottom left that trims the input gain to the heads2. The show said the input gain can also be adjusted inside the unit with a screwdriver on the back2. It said the pedal is not true bypass2.
The presenters reported a level boost when the pedal is switched on, which they said they could not change through any combination of the record level and the head trim on the back2. They also called it "pretty noisy"2, though quieter than the vintage unit, and attributed much of the noise to the volume boost2. They said it has "some pretty serious magic tonally"2 and predicted that "probably more of these will end up in studios than they will on pedal boards"2.
"We LOVE the Binson Echorec-style drum echo. And T-Rex has brought it back to life!"
The episode also compared the pedal with drum echo simulators from Strymon, Dawner Prince, Catalinbread and Boss1. In a separate note, the show reported that a Dawner Prince Boonar, serial number 355-16, flipped the phase of the effected signal in every bypass state it tested, while a Catalinbread Echorec stayed in phase in all states1. No US price was given in the episode's description; the show called it a "confident price tag"1.