echoplex
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Etymology edit
Verb edit
echoplex (third-person singular simple present echoplexes, present participle echoplexing, simple past and past participle echoplexed)
- (computing, intransitive) To echo received text characters back to the computer that sent them.
- 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy:
- The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing. As indicated, echoplexing is often confused with the duplexes. If a character is typed, such as A, and on the terminal appears AA, the far end is echoplexing while the terminal is optioned for local displaying of the characters while they are typed.
- (music, transitive) To apply a tape delay effect on (an instrument).
- 1979, Black Music & Jazz Review, volume 1, numbers 10–12, page 17:
- […] (making much use of Macero's splicing, tape loops and echoplexing of Miles' trumpet).
- 2003, Rob Bowman, Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records, page 257:
- William "Wee Gee" Howard takes the lead vocal and Dennis Coffey plays the heavily echoplexed guitar, […]
Noun edit
echoplex (plural echoplexes)
- (music, also capitalized) A tape delay effect first used in the 1960s.
- 2001, Bob Yurochko, A Short History of Jazz, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 175:
- On Electric Bath Ellis provided an exquisite example of how to use the loop delay echo chamber on his trumpet, as he played “Open Beauty”. By using an echoplex Ellis was able to play highly effective solos, duets, and trios in a surrealistic manner by himself.
