Audio Damage Axon - Manual (Page 18)

5. Delay and Filter Controls
Clicking the DELAY button near Axon’s lower-left corner reveals the controls for the delays and filter:
The DELAY LEFT and DELAY RIGHT controls change the amount that signals are delayed in relation to the
original (dry) signal. Each delay has a range of 0 to 1999 msec, or approximately two seconds.
The numeric delay controls operate either in units of time or in metrical units, that is, fractions of a beat. Click
on the unit indicators in the upper-right corner of the controls (i.e. the words MS and SYNC) to switch between
the two modes.
If the SYNC mode is active, Axon uses the current tempo reported by your host to calculate its delay time. In
this mode the delay time control sets the delay length in metrical units. The range of values is 1/32
nd to 1/1 (a
whole measure), with dotted and triplet times available. Triplet values are denoted with a “T” after the beat
fraction, and dotted values are denoted with a period. For example, “1/8 .” indicates a delay time with a
dotted eighth note feel. Axon will track tempo changes, saving you from having to adjust its delay time by
hand when you change the tempo of your song.
The two-dimensional FEEDBACK/FILTER panel controls both the feedback level for the delays and the
frequencies of the filters. Axon has low-pass and high-pass filters which come after the delays. These filters
can be adjusted to alter the timbre of the delayed signal. The filters are controlled in tandem with the
FEEDBACK/FILTER control. Since the filter controls change the low- and high-pass filters simultaneously the
filters act like a band-pass filter with a variable width. Dragging the blue dot in the control changes the corner
frequencies of both filters. Dragging it to the left moves the filter frequencies downwards, making the delayed
signal darker; dragging it to the right moves the frequencies upwards, making the delayed sound brighter.