Soundtoys EchoBoy - Manual (Page 42)

As mentioned earlier, the main graphic edit window is the rhythm editor. This gives you a
graphical view of each of the echoes, as well as a means to tweak each individual echo. Click
here to set and adjust any of the up to 16 individual echoes (you can also option-click and
command-click.) Click on the rhythm pattern editor window here to set and adjust any of the up
to 16 individual echoes (you can also option-click and command-click.)
• The echoes in the edit window create what is referred to as an echo “pattern”. You can
select from various preset patterns or roll your own and save/name them.
• Only the echos that you can see in the window are the ones that you will hear !
Depending on various settings it is possible to “stretch” a pattern so that echoes are
moved off the right edge of the window. So again, only the echoes that are visible will
be heard regardless of the numerical selections.
• Each echo can be adjusted in two ways: time/placement and volume. Where it appears
on the grid determines its “time” within a pattern and its “height” determines its
volume. The taller the bar, the louder the echo.
• You cannot have two echoes at exactly the same place / time. If you try to move one of
the echoes to a location where another tap already exists, EchoBoy will automatically
move the echo back to its original location when you let go. EchoBoy will also not allow
you to create two echoes in the same location.
• When you turn up the Feedback the whole pattern that you see on the screen will
repeat with each input signal and the pattern must complete a full “cycle” (all the
echoes being heard) before it will play the pattern again.
So lets get down to the business of how to create an echo pattern and muck around with it on
the grid. For the sake of demonstration lets just agree that we have a 4 beat measure and the
grid is set to 16th notes, OK? Well if NOT OK its just too bad cause were in control here! :-)
Adding an Echo
To create a new echo (taking into consideration that all 16 echoes are not yet on the screen),
simply click in the rhythm pattern window. A new green bar will appear where ever you happen
to click and the bar will automatically be placed on the nearest vertical grid line. That’s how you
create a tap, pure and simple. And remember, you cannot create two echoes at the exact same
location. EchoBoy will simply not create the second echo. Sorry, no double echoes allowed!