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6.5 Echoes
Echoes effects
The Echoes effect type manages classic echo-effects. The input signal can be delayed indi-
vidually in up to three signal paths. This means the signal for each active delay path runs suc-
cessively through the Lowpass, Highpass and Allpass filters. The three Pan controls enable the
three delay paths’ output signals to be separated. The signal manipulation here is particularly
interesting: the adjacent signal is directly routed to the output (parameter Gain). At the same
time, it is sent back to the input of the respective echo path by way of the Feedback func-
tion. An echo can lose high and low frequencies when sent through a filter and thus sound
duller or more ethereal. The Allpass filter can produce phase shifts, which produces some
interesting results, particularly using short delay times. These filter parameters can also be
modulated using the Macro Controls, which increases the number of possibilities.
The parameters in the Master section (Time, Feedback and Beat switch) function in the same
way as the Multicomb effect. Each of the three delay lines has the same set of parameters:
Time, Feedback, Sensitivity control, Gain and Pan, which work in the same way as their
equivalents in the effect types Multicomb and Multitap. The allpass filter’s parameters in the
Echoes effect achieve the most striking results if modulated by an envelope.
