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THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL
Echoboy — Version 5
Each Echo Mode found in EchoBoy features an additional, slide-out
Tweak Menu giving you access to advanced controls that allow you to
completely customize every aspect of your echo effects. Tweak Menu
controls are covered in detail with their respective Echo Modes begin-
ning on page 16.
TWEAK BUTTON
The Low and High Cut controls are used to adjust the frequency content
of the echoes based on the currently selected Echo Style.
While the High Cut knob provides for a “darkening” of the delay, the
Low Cut is useful for attenuating bass frequencies or to create a desired
tone for the delay. Both of these controls can be very beneficial in shap-
ing delays and their sense of distance to blend better with the original
signal. Most analog delays and tape echoes impart a certain amount
of high frequency roll-off to the signal, and the High Cut control allows
you to create that kind of effect. It is important to keep in mind that the
effect of both controls will depend greatly on the Echo Style selected.
LOW CUT / HIGH CUT
TAP TEMPO
Tap Tempo does what it says; start tapping on the grey button and it
will determine the BPM tempo of your tapping. This control is useful
not only in determining the tempo for live tracks not recorded to a click
track but also for finding the appropriate “feel” for your echoes. Even
on material that has been strictly aligned to grid, often times allowing
echo effects to deviate from the grid adds a more organic feel to a
track.
MIDI TOGGLE SWITCH
When the MIDI Toggle Switch (located below the Tap Tempo display) is
in the down (off) position, the rate of echo effects is determined by a
manually entered or triggered value. When the MIDI switch is engaged,
the incoming MIDI clock takes over as the master rate control.
The Groove control allows you to impart a ‘groove’ feel with EchoBoy
in one of two flavors: Shuffle and Swing. Setting the knob straight up
at 12 o’clock is the ‘zero’ setting and no Shuffle or Swing feel will be
GROOVE
