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Bomb Factory Plug-ins Guide 52
How the Tel-Ray is Used
Input/Output Section
Input sets the signal level to the tuna can echo
unit.
Tone is a standard tone control like those com-
monly found on guitar effects.
Mix adjusts the amount of dry (unprocessed)
signal relative to the amount of wet (processed)
signal. Full clockwise is 100% wet. (On original
units, this control is located deep inside the box,
typically soaked in carcinogenic PCB oil.)
Output is a simple digital output trim control.
Echo/Delay Section
Variable Delay selects the delay time. Delay
times vary from 0.06 to 0.3 seconds. Full clock-
wise is slowest.
Variation adjusts how much variation occurs in
the delay. The more variation you use, the more
warbled and wobbly the sound becomes.
Sustain determines how long the delay takes to
die out. It is actually a feedback control similar
to the one found on the Moogerfooger Analog
Delay.
Echo/Doubler determines whether or not a sec-
ond record head is engaged, resulting in a dou-
ble echo.
Tips and Tricks
Variation? Do They Ever!
Each and every Tel-Ray we tested (and Bomb
Factory owns more than a dozen) varied drasti-
cally in motor and flywheel stability, resulting
in different pitch and variation effects. The
same unit even sounded different day to day, de-
pending on temperature, warm-up time and
other factors.
Since the original units are basically thirty year-
old tuna cans bolted to plywood with springs
and motors flopping around inside, Bomb Fac-
tory added the Variation knob so you can dial in
a Tel-Ray in whatever state of disrepair you de-
sire.