The Binson Echorec was a tube-powered magnetic drum echo unit made in Italy that Pink Floyd used to define some of their most iconic sounds — Echoes, Interstellar Overdrive, the Live at Pompeii recordings. It had four playback heads on a spinning drum, which meant the echoes came back in rhythmic patterns rather than straight repeats. Working Binson units are increasingly rare, fragile, and expensive. Catalinbread built the Echorec so you don't have to own one to use that sound.

The pedal replicates all four playback head configurations and gives you 12 selectable combinations of them. The original Binson had a fixed delay time tied to the drum's rotation speed — the Catalinbread version adds a Delay Time knob that extends the range from 40ms up to 1000ms. You can also twist that knob in real time for pitch-shifting dub effects the original couldn't do. An internal trim pot adjusts the modulation depth to simulate everything from a well-maintained unit to one that's been on the road too long.

The Swell knob controls feedback — push it up and the echoes build into a swirling wash that can tip into self-oscillation.

Delay Time, Swell, Tone, Mix, Program Select. True bypass or buffered (internal switch). 9–18V DC.