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THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - RHYTHM ECHO MODE
Echoboy — Version 5
Now, there just might be times when you’d want to place a echo in be-
tween the grid lines and NOT have it quantized at all, not even down to
a 1/64th note. No problem! Just press and hold the command key (Shift
key for Windows) and then click on a echo. You can now move the echo
anywhere you like forward or backward on the grid and between the
grid lines to get the echo exactly where you might like.
You will also notice that two sets of numbers appear next to the echo.
The top set of numbers displays the location in fractions of a beat and
the bottom number reads out the actual volume of the echo in dB. This
allows you to set the echoes in front of or behind the beat in very
precise locations.
ADJUSTING AN ECHO BETWEEN GRID LINES
Well, by now you probably noticed that the first tap in your pattern is
yellow instead of green. So why is that?
We call this echo the “One”. Any echo placed exactly at beat one (or 0
milliseconds in time mode) will appear this way. It will also NOT be heard
unless the Feedback is turned up. If there is no Feedback, the “One”
is the note that YOU play, which is the dry signal. The first echo to be
heard in this case is actually the second echo in the pattern.
However, if you turn up the feedback the whole pattern WILL repeat and
therefore the “One” WILL be heard as the pattern restarts on the “One”.
If you move it in time so that it is not at the start of the pattern, it’s
color will change to green, indicating that it is no longer the “One”, and
you will now hear it as a discrete echo. If you don’t want to hear the tap
simply delete it or lower its volume. Note that if you do delete the “One”
echo you can always restore it simply by clicking on the left edge of the
grid.
THE “ONE” ECHO
