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Delay Effect Component

The Delay Component allows you to create the sound of a repeating, decaying echo.

Controls

Control

Function

Default/Range

High-Pass Frequency (L/R)

Frequencies below this setting are attenuated. You can use this to simulate distance. As distance increases, high and lower range frequencies drop off.

Default = 20.0 Hz

Range = 20.0 Hz to 20.0 kHz

Low-Pass Frequency (L/R)

Frequencies above this setting are attenuated. You can use this to simulate distance. As distance increases, high and lower range frequencies drop off.

Default = 16 kHz

Range = 20.0 Hz to 20.0 kHz

Delay (L/R)

Sets the time the wet signal is delayed from the dry signal. The Delay time can be set directly, by adjusting the Tempo, and by changing the Note value. If you change the Delay time, the Tempo changes, but not the Note value.

The Max Delay of 60 seconds is set in the Properties.

Default Mono =

Default Left = 250 ms

Default Right = 260 ms

Range = .333 ms to 60.00 s

Tempo (L/R)

Sets the beats per minute (BPM) time interval. The BPM is based on one quarter note per beat. If you change the Tempo, the Delay changes.

Default Mono =

Default Left = 240 bpm

Default Right = 231 bpm

Range = 30.0 bpm to 240 bpm

Tempo Tap (L/R)

Allows you to set the tempo by tapping with a mouse pointer.

N/A

Note (L/R)

Sets the time the wet signal is delayed from the dry signal. When you change the Note value, the Tempo changes if you set the Delay first, and the Delay changes if you set the Tempo first. The Note value is not changed by changing the Delay or Tempo.

Default = 1/4

Range = 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32,

(triplets) 1/2T, 1/4T, 1/8T,

(dotted) 1/2.,1/4., 1/8.

Regeneration (L/R)

Sets the amount of signal sent back into the delay.

Default = 20%

Range = 0 - 100%

Link

(Stereo only)

Links the following parameters:

  • Left & Right Regeneration
  • Left & Right High-Pass Filter
  • Left & Right Low-Pass Filter

Default = off

Range = off / on

Tempo Link

(Stereo only)

Only on the Stereo (Out or In / Out) Delay. Links the Left and Right Tempo.

Default = off

Range = off / on

Dry/Wet Mix

Changes the balance between the dry input signal and wet delayed signal.

Default = 100%

Range = 0 - 100%

Master Bypass

Bypasses the controls of the Delay Effect Component.

Default = no

Range = no / bypassed

 

Property

Function

Choices
I/O Configuration

Sets the input to output configuration. When you select one of the stereo options, many of the controls are presented in Left and Right parameters. In addition, you are able to link some of the left/right parameters and the left/right tempos.

Mono In/Mono Out

Mono In/Stereo Out

Stereo In/Stereo Out

Max Delay (Seconds)

Sets the upper limit for the Delay Time parameter.

1 - 60

Setting the Delay

NOTES:   

Start by setting the Tempo.

  1. Set the Tempo
    If you know the beats per minute, you can enter that in the Tempo field. The Delay is set to the proper value for that Tempo and whatever the Note value is. Or, when the music starts, you can tap the tempo using the Tempo Tap button.
  2. Adjust the Note value.
    As you adjust the Note value, the Delay time changes to the appropriate delay for the set Tempo and the set Note value.

The table below shows the Delay times for 30, 60 and 120 BPM for each Note value. In addition, the table shows the Delay range available for each Note value when the Tempo value is at its minimum (30 BPM) and its maximum (60 BPM).

The shortest delay possible when adjusting the Note and Tempo values is 31.2 ms with the Note at 1/32 and the Tempo at 30 BPM. However, the minimum Delay you can have is 0.333 ms, and the maximum is 60 s, which means you can continue to adjust the Delay in both directions when the Tempo and Note values have reached their limits.

Start by Setting Delay

  1. Set the Delay
    Enter the Delay time in either milliseconds, or seconds.(For example, 6m for 6 milliseconds, and 6s for 6 seconds.)
  2. Adjust the Note value.
    As you adjust the Note value, the Tempo changes to the appropriate Tempo for the set Delay and the set Note value. The Delay does not change.
 
60 BPM
  
30 BPM
  
120 BPM
  
Delay Range @
30 - 240 BPM

Note

Delay

Beat

  

Delay

  

Delay

  

Min

Max

(1/4)

1 s

1

  

2 s

  

500

  

250 ms

2.00 s

(1/8)

500 ms

.5

  

1 s

  

250

  

125 ms

1.00 s

(1/16)

250 ms

0.25

  

500 ms

  

125

  

62.5 ms

500 ms

(1/32)

125 ms

0.125

  

250 ms

  

62.5

  

31.2 ms

250 ms

(1/2T)

1.33 s

1.33

  

2.67 s

  

667

  

333 ms

2.67 s

(1/4T)

667 ms

0.67

  

1.33 s

  

333

  

167 ms

1.33 s

(1/8T)

333 ms

0.33

  

667 ms

  

375

  

83.3 ms

667 ms

(1/2.)

3 s

3

  

6 s

  

1.5 s

  

750 ms

6 s

(1/4.)

1.5 s

1.5

  

3 s

  

750

  

375 ms

3 s

(1/8.)

750 ms

0.75

  

1.5 s

  

167

  

188 ms

1.5 s

Control Pins

The table below gives you the values you can enter, via the control pin inputs, to set the control to the desired position. In addition, you can use the output for controlling other components. All the data is taken using a Custom Controls Component connected to the output side of the Control Pins.

Value - Taken from a Generic Float knob with a custom range equal to the range of the control or greater.

String - Taken from a Text Display control.

Position - Taken from a Position knob.

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

Delay (L/R)

 .333 - 1.00 .333ms to 1.00s

0 - 1.00

Input / Output

Dry/Wet Mix

0 - 100

–

0 - 1.00

Input / Output

High-Pass Frequency (L/R)

 20 - 20000 20.0Hz to 20.0kHz 0 - 1.00

Input / Output

Link

0

1.00

off

on

0

1.00

Input / Output

Low-Pass Frequency (L/R)

 20 - 20000 20.0Hz to 20.0kHz 0 - 1.00

Input / Output

Master Bypass

0

1.00

no

bypassed

0

1.00

Input / Output

Note (L/R)

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

6.00

7.00

8.00

9.00

10.00

1/4

1/8

1/16

1/32

1/2T

1/4T

1/8T

1/2.

1/4.

1/8.

0

.111

.222

.333

.444

.556

.667

.778

.889

1.00

Input / Output

Regeneration (L/R)

 0 - 100 – 0 - 1.00

Input / Output

Tempo (L/R)

 30.0 - 240 30.0bpm to 240bpm 0 - 1.00

Input / Output

Tempo Link

0

1.00

off

on

0

1.00

Input / Output
Tempo Tap (L/R)

0

1.00

false

true

0

1.00

Input / Output

 

 

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