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Chapter 2 Delay eects 59
Create taps in Delay Designer
You can create new delay taps in three dierent ways: by using the Tap pads, by creating them in
the Identication bar, or by copying existing taps.
The fastest way to create multiple taps is to use the Tap pads. If you have a specic rhythm in
mind, you might nd it easier to tap out your rhythm on dedicated hardware controller buttons,
instead of using mouse or trackpad clicks. If you have a MIDI controller, you can assign the Tap
pads to buttons on your device. For information about assigning controllers, see the Control
Surfaces Support Help.
After a tap has been created, you can adjust its position, or you can remove it. See Select, move,
and delete taps on page 61.
Taps are assigned letters, based on their order of creation. The rst tap to be created is assigned
as Tap A, the second tap is assigned as Tap B, and so on. Once assigned, each tap is always
identied by the same letter, even when moved in time, and therefore reordered. For example,
if you initially create three taps, they are named Tap A, Tap B, and Tap C. If you then change the
delay time of Tap B so that it precedes Tap A, it is still called Tap B.
The Identication bar shows the letter of each visible tap. The Tap Delay eld of the Tap
parameter bar displays the letter of the currently selected tap or the letter of the tap being
edited when multiple taps are selected (for details, see Select, move, and delete taps on page 61).
Create taps with the Tap pad
1 Click the upper pad (Start).
Note: Whenever you click the Start pad, it automatically erases all existing taps. Because of this
behavior, after you create your initial taps, you will want to create subsequent taps by clicking in
the Identication bar.
The upper pad label changes to Tap, and a red tap recording bar appears in the strip below the
view buttons.
2 To begin recording new taps, click the Tap button.
3 To create new taps, click the Tap button.
These are created at the exact moments in time of each click, adopting the rhythm of your
click pattern.
4 To nish creating taps, click the Last Tap button.
The nal tap is added, ending tap recording, and assigning the last tap as the feedback tap (for
more information about the feedback tap, see Delay Designer master parameters on page 70).
Note: If you do not click the Last Tap button, tap recording automatically stops after 10 seconds
or when the 26th tap is created, whichever comes rst.