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⏱️ Delay

Echoes that add rhythm, depth and movement to a part.

Dry / Processed

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What is Delay?

Delay is an echo. It plays back the input after a short time — once, or repeating into the distance.

  • Set the delay time and the echo follows the original sound at that interval.
  • Sync delay to the song tempo (1/4, 1/8, 1/8 dotted) and it locks into the groove.
  • Feedback controls how many echoes — low feedback = single repeat, high feedback = long trail.
  • Stereo delay can put echoes on the left and right at different times for width.
  • Toggle the dry / delay sample to hear how a single hit becomes a rhythm.

Delay turns one sound into a rhythmic pattern — without recording anything new.

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