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MPX 500 User Guide Program Descriptions
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Delays and echoes are effects that repeat a sound a short time after it first occurs. The simplest
(and oldest) delay effect is tape slap — a single repeat about 100ms after the original sound. (It was
often used on Elvis’s voice and rockabilly guitar tracks.) Tape slap becomes tape echo when the
output of the tape is fed back into the input (feedback),turning a single repeat into a series of repeats
— each a little softer and a little darker than the last. This darkening of each repeat is characteristic
of the analog tape recording process. Digital delays don’t have this characteristic — each repeat
has the same exact timbre and the only difference from repeat to repeat is in loudness.
Digital delay and tape echo are both useful, but they are different. Tape echo is warmer and allows
the original sound to stand out more, while digital delay can present a “perfect” copy of the orignal
sound.
# Delay, Echo PROGRAMs Adjust Tap
90 Dly Mono Tap Feedbk Delay Time
91 DlyStereo Tap Feedbk Delay Time
92 Dly ShuflTap Feedbk Delay Time
93 Dly Dot8 Tap Feedbk Delay Time
94 Dly 8+3plTap Feedbk Delay Time
95 Dly Pong Tap Feedbk Delay Time
96 Dly XfbkTap1 Feedbk Delay Time
97 Dly XfbkTap2 Feedbk Delay Time
98 Dly Mono Time: 0-5.5sec –
99 Dly Stereo Time: 0-2.7sec –
100 Dly TapeSlap Time: 3 3/4 to 30ips –
101 Multi Bounce Time: 0-100ms –
102 MultiInverse Time: 0-400ms –
103 Multi Linear Time: 0-400ms –
104 Multi Pong Time: 0-150ms + Fbk –