Specifications

Audio Plug-Ins Guide240
Synchronizing Reel Tape Delay
to Session Tempo
You can set the delay time (Speed control) in the
Reel Tape Delay to synchronize to the session
tempo (in beats per minute).
To synchronize the delay time to the session
tempo:
1 In the BPM Sync section, click the On button.
The Tempo/Rate display changes to match the
current session tempo.
2 To set a rhythmic delay, click the Note Value to
choose from the available note values (whole,
half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, or thirty-second
note)
3 To adjust the rhythm further, do any of the fol-
lowing:
• To enable triplet rhythm delay timing, click
the Triplet (“3”) button so that it is lit.
• To set a dotted rhythm delay value, click the
Dot (“.”) button so that it is lit.
Reel Tape Delay Presets
The Reel Tape Delay presets coordinate Speed,
Wow/Flutter, Feedback and the Bass and Treble
controls for different tape speeds.
3.75 ips Sets the delay time to correspond to a
Speed Control setting of 3.75 inches per second.
3.75 ips Flutter Includes the 3.75 ips setting plus
Wow/Flutter.
7.5 ips Sets the delay time to correspond to a
Speed Control setting of 7.5 inches per second.
7.5 ips Flutter Includes the 7.5 ips setting plus
Wow/Flutter.
30 ips Flutter Adds Wow/Flutter to the highest
Speed Control setting.
Rockabilly A common tape slap effect, useful on
vocals or electric guitar. Sets the delay time to
130 ms, which corresponds to the delay time re-
sulting from the distance between the record
and play heads on an Ampex 300-series or Am-
pex 350-series tape transport.
Rockabilly Plus Includes the Rockabilly setting
plus Feedback, Wow/Flutter, Bass and Treble
adjustments on feedback.
BPM Sync controls
You can override the settings derived from
BPM Sync at any time by manually adjust-
ing the plug-in Speed control.
To set the delay time to a specific time value,
turn off BPM Sync and enter the delay time
(in msec) in the Tempo/Rate display.
Tempo/Rate
Triplet
button
On
button
Dot
button
Note Value
display
display