User Manual

DL4 Delay Modeler
DL4 Delay Modeler
Rhythmic Delay.
This is a handy place to come when you want a
delay that keeps a certain rhythm with your music.
Here’s the basic idea: you tap quarter notes on the
tap tempo switch. Then you turn the DELAY TIME
knob to set the note value you want for your delay
time. You can tap quarter notes, and your clever
little Stomp Box Modeler will give you back delays
in eighth note triplets – or one of 5 other time
values that you choose (see DELAY KNOB
illustration at bottom).
Now let’s say you want eighth note delays for
one section of a piece of music, and eighth note
triplets for another passage. Use the optional
expression pedal, set it up to control the DELAY
TIME knob’s rhythm settings, and pedal your way
to whatever timing suits the musical moment.
In addition to the rhythm setting, we’ve also given
you some modulation controls on the TWEAK and
TWEEZ knobs so you can dial in a bit of color for
your delay sound.
Stereo Delays.
Ever asked yourself, “How did The Edge (U2) get that
groovy sound on Where the Streets Have No Name”?
Stereo delays, my friend. It’s the secret to many
a U2 song, as well as the “Big L.A. Solo” sound of
the late ’80s. Set one side as a fast echo with many
repeats, and the other as a slow delay with just a
few repeats. Voilá, you’re famous!
This model highlights one of the features of your
Delay Modeler – the True Stereo nature of both the
direct path and the delay processing. Signals that
come in the left and right inputs are kept discrete,
processed separately, and passed out the left and right
outputs separately (for a mono in/out hookup, left
and right delays are both sent to the left/mono out).
Thus, any stereo signals that you process with
your Delay Modeler will retain their stereo
separation, rather than collapsing to mono, as
happens with effect units that offer left and right
inputs, but simply sum these together for processing.
This means that your delay signal shows up in your
mix with the same stereo placement as the direct
sound, instead of your delay signal showing up right
in the center of your mix.
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TWEAK adjusts speed for modulation.
TWEAK sets Delay Time for right channel.
TWEEZ sets Repeats for right channel.
TWEEZ adjusts depth for modulation.
DELAY TIME sets rhythm.
These knobs set the left channel.
LOOP SAMPLER
LOOP SAMPLER
DELAY TIME MIXREPEATS TWEAK TWEEZ
LO RES DELAY
ANALOG W/ MOD
ANALOG ECHO
SWEEP ECHO
MULTI-HEAD
TAPE ECHO
TUBE ECHO
DIGITAL W/ MOD
RHYTHMIC DELAY
STEREO DELAYS
PING PONG
REVERSE
DYNAMIC DELAY
AUTO-VOLUME ECHO
DIGITAL DELAY
DL4 Delay Modeler PROGRAMMABLE DELAY & 14 SECOND LOOP SAMPLER
DELAY TIME MIXREPEATS TWEAK TWEEZ
LO RES DELAY
ANALOG W/ MOD
ANALOG ECHO
SWEEP ECHO
MULTI-HEAD
TAPE ECHO
TUBE ECHO
DIGITAL W/ MOD
RHYTHMIC DELAY
STEREO DELAYS
PING PONG
REVERSE
DYNAMIC DELAY
AUTO-VOLUME ECHO
DIGITAL DELAY
DL4 Delay Modeler PROGRAMMABLE DELAY & 14 SECOND LOOP SAMPLER