
Tape delay
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Tape delay can mean:
- Delay (audio effect)Delay (audio effect)Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating, decaying echo.-Early delay...
, an audio effect reminiscent of an echo - Broadcast delayBroadcast delayIn radio and television, broadcast delay refers to the practice of intentionally delaying broadcast of live material. A short delay is often used to prevent profanity, bloopers, violence, or other undesirable material from making it to air, including more mundane problems such as technical...
, the practice of intentionally delaying a radio and television broadcast of live material.