Insert Mode Program. Series Routing (default). For much more animation & airy soundstage movements, use the Parallel Routing option. Program MIX 40-50% (via EXP1). Head Space into UltraTap, with stereo use in mind.
Base Program: Short bursts of delay taps, reminiscent of digital reverb pioneers. “Tremolo” on sustained notes is courtesy of the per-tap swells from the Chop Machine [CC#2]. But the key to the hidden FX is deft use of one (or two) expression pedals. Blend in brief snippets of tape modulation over time that fade into the background.
* EXP1 Heel (default): 250 mS clusters of delay taps over a non-linear bloom.
* Settle EXP1 into various fixed positions, for coarsely selectable groupings of delay times.
* EXP1 slight movements (away from fixed): narrow, semi-controllable ‘pitch shifting’ delays.
* EXP1 moderate movements (away from fixed): increasingly intense tape modulation.
* EXP1 rapid & full treadle movements: Jetsons, R2D2 & bird whistles, layered over muffled long/wide/deep time warps.
* (Best described as playing drum patterns on an array of tape decks in motion).
* EXP1 Toe: Lengthy 3000 / 9000 mS tap distributions at wobbly lower resolutions.
* EXP2 Heel: zero Feedback, spread feedback paths, minimal stereo Taps.
* EXP2 Toe: (generally) under-oscillation feedback level, narrow feedback routing, added tap divisor.
* Use fixed position EXP1 & EXP2 to combine delay lengths & feedback decay for overall duration, resulting in short reverb to melting ice effects.
* EXP1 + EXP2 both at near-Toe for a background wash of blurring multi-taps.
* EXP1 increases [P] Program Mix and controls the [A & B] HotKnobs, along with Head Space Delay Time and UltraTap Length, Manual Chop & Speed-Rise-Release (Chop type dependent OR CC#2).
* EXP2 increases the [P] HotKnob and decreases Fdbk Path in Head Space.
* Both expression pedals are saved at the full Heel position.
HotKnob mappings, for warp effects & delay time shifting:
* [P] HotKnob (CW) increase Feedback in Head Space + UltraTap [default = 0 OR EXP2]
* [A] HotKnob (+/-) adjust Head Space Wow & Flutter [default = 45 OR EXP1].
* [B] HotKnob (+/-) adjust Spread & Taper in UltraTap [default = 20 OR EXP1].
* MIDI CC# 1 UltraTap Slurm
* MIDI CC# 2 UltraTap Chop
* MIDI CC# 3 UltraTap Pre Delay
* MIDI CC# 8 Head Space Mix
* MIDI CC# 9 Head Space Tape Hiss
* MIDI CC#10 Head Space Pan 1-2-3-4 + UltraTap Width
* MIDI CC#12 Head Space Lvl 1
* MIDI CC#13 Head Space Lvl 2
* MIDI CC#14 Head Space Lvl 3
* MIDI CC#15 Head Space Lvl 4
* MIDI CC#16 Head Space Div 1
* MIDI CC#17 Head Space Div 2
* MIDI CC#18 Head Space Div 3
* MIDI CC#19 Head Space Div 4
* MIDI CC#40 UltraTap Mix
* MIDI CC#74 Head Space Filter + UltraTap Tone
* MIDI CC#75 Head Space Rec Drive
* MIDI CC#76 Head Space Boil Time
* MIDI CC#77 Head Space Break Time
* MIDI CC#82 Head Space Speed (switch)
Other options:
* BOIL (M) [at CC#76 duration]
* TAP: 100 BPM (for switch to Tempo Sync option)
* BRKDWN (M) [at CC#77 duration]
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* HS3 – momentary or latching ghostly apparitions, chopped up while drifting through the annals of time.
* Leaving HS3 latched with an EXP1 override: variable delay times with extreme modulation & moderate feedback.
* Leaving HS3 latched with an EXP2 override: variable feedback levels, on down to a sliced-up short reverb.
See the Program Notes for more information on the PERFORM switch mappings.
