User Manual

Loop
Tap Rec
When first clicked,
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silences the effect output
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sets the pitch to 0.0
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turns off the 'reverse' feature
When clicked again, sets the delay time to the in-
terval between the two clicks, and immediately be-
gins playback of the signal recorded in that time.
Hold Rec
Same as 'Tap Rec', except the delay time is set by the length of time the button is held
down.
Tap Length & Hold Length
Similar to 'Tap Rec' and 'Hold Rec' except that the only effect is to change the delay time.
Freeze Loop
Similar in effect to setting the 'Input' control to zero (so no input signal is passed into the
loop) and setting the feedback to 100% (so the loop doesn't decay). In fact though the be-
haviour is different because the loop is completely locked down so e.g. the filter is not ap-
plied in the feedback loop.
While the loop is locked you can still change the pitch, and the filter is applied to the loop
output. The audio on the virtual tape remains unchanged however until the freeze is re-
leased.
To understand the exact behaviour of freeze loop, it can be helpful to enable the waveform
display and observe the behaviour of the tape head write/read positions.
To avoid unpleasant clicks and pops due to imperfect loops, a crossfade is applied when
the audio loops in Freeze Loop mode. The length of this crossfade is controlled by the Iner-
tia Fade time - see below.
Freeze Loop Mode
The default Freeze Loop Mode is ‘Last’. In this mode the tape write position jumps back
by one loop length immediately the Freeze Loop button is pressed, so the audio on the
tape is immediately locked down. The alternative Freeze Loop Mode is ‘Current’ - in this
mode, when Freeze Loop is pressed, audio continues to be recorded onto the tape for one
loop length before the write head jumps back.