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Stereo Delay
The stereo delay is a simple too for typical bread and butter delay effects. The stereo delay
offers the "analog algorithm", which features the sound of echo devices of yesteryear.
Stereo delay parameters
mode: This selects between the essential algorithms.
 Digital: Normal, transparent delay
 Analog: Simulation of a bucket brigade delay (BBD). These devices, which originate
from the pre-digital era, used analog building blocks for storage. The signal was held for
a short time in a relatively simple circuit and then moved on to the next. This "bucket
brigade" principle created a longer signal delay. But since each element of the chain led
to a loss of the signal and would increase the system noise with longer delays, the
devices would use a compander: At the input, the signal's dynamics are compressed,
and then they are expanded again at the output end. The simulation in the eFX_delay
mimics the loss and compander behavior to produce these typical audio characteristics,
especially at longer delay periods and higher repetition rates (feedback).
 delay L/delay R: Specify the delay period for the left and right channels here.
 tempo sync: If this button is active, the plug-in is directed at the host/sequencer tempo.
In this mode, changes are made to the delay period via the L/R delay using the musical
snap grid (e. g. 1/4 note).
 damping: This specifies the cut-off frequency at which the highs are dampened during
the delay. This useful for making the delays reverberate more naturally or for creating
special effects (reggae/dub-style effects).
 feedback: This parameter regulates the internal amplitude of the delayed signal that is
fed back to the input. In "Digital" mode, this process is completely transparent; in
"Analog", on the other hand, higher values, a very loud input signal, or the sum of these
will make the use of dynamics compression audible. In both modes, the nullification of