Soundtoys EchoBoy - Manual (Page 38)

Balance
The Balance knob gives you control over the relative loudness of the Left and Right channels.
Turn the knob to the left to make the left channel louder. Turn it to the right to make the Right
channel louder. That’s it!
Rhythm Echo
Rhythm Mode is, as they say, a bit different from the rest. In this mode, you can have up to
SIXTEEN echo outputs (or taps), programmable in nearly any conceivable rhythm. This is kind
of like having a tape echo with sixteen read heads. CRAZY! (actually, the old Roland Space Echo
did have several read heads – but not sixteen.)
We’ve tried to design EchoBoy’s rhythm mode so that you can get some very cool results with a
minimum of knob turning and tweaking. You can quickly create echo patterns with various time
bases, numbers of repeats, and envelope shapes. This is really cool (we think), but you may
notice EchoBoy’s Rhythm mode might not work EXACTLY as you would expect, especially if you
have used another type of multi-tap delay.
Basics
EchoBoy’s Rhythm Mode is a lot like a pattern-based drum machine for echo, with each ‘hit’
corresponding to a discrete echo. You can place each echo at any location on a beat grid, and
once the pattern is created it, you can hit EchoBoy’s input with a short percussive sound, and
EchoBoy will “play” out your echo pattern. Turn up the feedback and the whole pattern will
repeat. Sync it to MIDI clock and you can generate some amazingly cool, tempo-locked delay
patterns. All in all a truly amazing tool and a ton of fun.