Reference Manual

318 Live Audio Effect Reference
termined by the filter settings. The feedback from each of the three delays is also routed back
through the filters.
Each of the three delays can be switched on and off independently. The Filter Delay device as-
signs delay 1 to the input signal’s left channel, delay 2 to the left and right channels and delay 3
to the right channel. The Pan controls at the right can override the delay channels’ outputs; other-
wise each delay outputs on the channel from which it derives its input.
Each delay channel’s filter has an associated On switch, located to the left of each X-Y control-
ler. The X-Y controllers adjust the lowpass and highpass filters simultaneously for each delay. To
edit filter bandwidth, click and drag on the vertical axis; click and drag on the horizontal axis to
set the filter band’s frequency.
To refer delay time to the song tempo, activate the Sync switch, which allows using the Delay
Time beat division chooser. The numbered switches represent time delay in 16th notes. For
example, selecting ”4” delays the signal by four 16th notes, which equals one beat (a quarter
note) of delay. With Sync Mode active, changing the Delay Time field percentage value short-
ens and extends delay times by fractional amounts, thus producing the ”swing” type of timing
effect found in drum machines.
If the Sync switch is off, the delay time reverts to milliseconds. In this case, to edit the delay time,
click and drag up or down in the Delay Time field, or click in the field and type in a value.
The Feedback parameter sets how much of the output signal returns to the delay line input. Very
high values can lead to runaway feedback and produce a loud oscillation — watch your ears
and speakers if you decide to check out extreme feedback settings!
Each delay channel has its own volume control, which can be turned up to +12 dB to compen-
sate for drastic filtering at the input.
The Dry control adjusts the unprocessed signal level. Set it to minimum if using Delay in a return
track.