Instruments and Effects

Chapter 2 Delay 43
Setting the Swing Value
The Swing value determines how close to the absolute grid position every second grid
increment will be. A Swing setting of 50% means that every grid increment has the
same value. Settings below 50% result in every second increment being shorter in time.
Settings above 50% result in every second grid increment being longer in time.
To adjust the Swing value:
m Click-drag up or down in the Swing field to raise or lower the Swing value.
By subtly varying the grid position of every second increment (values between 45 and
55%), the swing function creates a less rigid rhythmic feel. This can be a very
“humanizing” effect, but you are not limited to using the swing function in this way.
Extremely high Swing settings are not subtle at all, as they place every second
increment directly beside the subsequent increment. You can use this facility to create
interesting and intricate double rhythms with some taps, while retaining the grid to
lock other taps into a more rigid synchronization with the project tempo.
Saving Sync Settings
When you save a Delay Designer setting, the Sync mode status, Grid, and Swing values
are all saved. When you save a setting with Sync mode on, the grid position of each tap
is also stored. This ensures that a setting loaded into a project with a different tempo
(to that of the project that the setting was created in), will retain the relative positions,
and rhythm, of all taps—at the new tempo.
One point to bear in mind, however, is that Delay Designer offers a maximum delay
time of 10 seconds. This means that if you load a setting into a project with a slower
tempo than the tempo at which it was created, some taps may fall outside the 10
second limit. In such cases, these taps will not be played, but will still be retained as
part of the setting.