Plug-in Reference

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MIDI effects
MIDIEcho
This is an advanced MIDI Echo, which will generate addi-
tional echoing notes based on the MIDI notes it receives.
It creates effects similar to a digital delay, but also features
MIDI pitch shifting and much more. As always it is impor-
tant to remember that the effect doesn’t “echo” the actual
audio, but the MIDI notes which will eventually produce
the sound in the synthesizer.
The following parameters are available:
Quantize
The echoed notes will be moved in position to a quantizing
grid, as set up with this parameter. You can either use the
slider or type to set the value in ticks (1/480 ticks of quar-
ter notes) or click the arrow buttons to step between the
“rhythmically exact” values (displayed as note values – see
the table below). This makes it easy to find rhythmically
relevant quantize values, but still allows experimental set-
tings in between.
An example: setting this to “16th” will force all echo notes
to be played on exact 16th note positions, regardless of
the timing of the original notes and the Echo-Quant. set-
ting.
Ö To disable quantizing, set this parameter to its lowest
value (1).
Length
This sets the length of the echoed notes. This can either
be the same as their original notes (parameter set to its
lowest value, “Source”) or the length you specify manually.
You can either set the length in ticks or click the arrow
buttons to step between the “rhythmically exact” lengths
(displayed as note values – see the table below).
Ö The length can also be affected by the Length Decay
parameter.
Repeat
This is the number of echoes (1 to 12) from each incom-
ing note.
Echo-Quant.
The Echo-Quant. parameter sets the delay time, i.e. the
time between a played note and its first echo note. You can
either use the slider or type to set the value in ticks (1/480
ticks of quarter notes) or click the arrow buttons to step be-
tween the “rhythmically exact” delay times (displayed as
note values – see the table below).
For example, setting this to “8th” will cause the echo
notes to sound an eighth note after their original notes.
Ö The echo time can also be affected by the Echo Decay
parameter.
Velocity Decay
This parameter allows you to add or subtract to the veloc-
ity values for each repeat so that the echo fades away or
increases in volume (provided that the sound you use is
velocity sensitive). For no change of velocity, set this to 0
(middle position).
Pitch Decay
If you set this to a value other than 0, the repeating (echo-
ing) notes will be raised or lowered in pitch, so that each
successive note has a higher or lower pitch than the pre-
vious. The value is set in semitones.
For example, setting this to -2 will cause the first echo
note to have a pitch two semitones lower than the original
note, the second echo note two semitones lower than the
first echo note, and so on.
Echo Decay
This parameter lets you adjust how the echo time should
be changed with each successive repeat. The value is set
as a percentage.
• When set to 100% (middle position) the echo time will be the
same for all repeats (as set with the Echo-Quant. parameter).
• If you raise the value above 100, the echoing notes will play with
gradually longer intervals (i.e. the echo will become slower).
• If you lower the value below 100, the echoing notes will be-
come gradually faster, like the sound of a bouncing ball.