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24 Chapter 2 Delay
Tape Delay
The Tape Delay simulates the warm sound of vintage tape echo machines, with the
convenience of easy delay time synchronization to your project tempo.
The Tape Delay is equipped with a highpass and lowpass filter in the feedback loop,
making it easy to create authentic dub echo effects, and also includes an LFO for delay
time modulation. The LFO produces a triangular wave, with adjustable speed and
modulation intensity. You can use it to produce pleasant or unusual chorus effects,
even on long delays.
 Feedback: Determines the amount of delayed and filtered signal that is routed back
to the input of the Tape Delay.
 Freeze: Captures the current delay repeats and sustains them until the Freeze
parameter is released.
 Delay: Sets the current delay time in milliseconds (this parameter is dimmed when
you synchronize the delay time to the project tempo).
 Tempo: Sets the current delay time in beats per minute (this parameter is dimmed
when you synchronize the delay time to the project tempo).
 Sync button: Switch this on to synchronize delay repeats to the project tempo
(including tempo changes).
 Note buttons: Click to set the grid resolution for the delay time, in note durations.
 Groove slider: Determines the proximity of every second delay repeat to the absolute
grid position (how close every second delay repeat is, in other words).
 Distortion Level (extended parameter): Determines the level of the distorted (tape
saturation) signal.
 Low Cut and High Cut: Frequencies below the Low Cut value, and above the High Cut
value are filtered out of the source signal.
 LFO Speed: Sets the frequency (speed) of the LFO.
 LFO Depth: Sets the amount of LFO modulation. A value of 0 turns delay modulation
off.
 Flutter parameters: Simulates the speed irregularities of the tape transports used in
analog tape delay units. Flutter Rate adjusts the speed, and Flutter Intensity
determines how pronounced the effect is.