Soundtoys EchoBoy - Manual (Page 46)

However, if you DO grab and move one of the taps it WILL jump to the selected grid values. So
the bottom line is you can change the grid at any time to either create or adjust the delay taps
in as wide or granular time frame as you like. This makes it really easy to insure that the taps
will always fall on a specific division of the beat.
MAXING OUT THE DELAY!
It is important to note that Echoboy does not have an infinite amount of delay time. So if you
have a pattern that is 4 beats long and you slow the tempo down too far Echoboy WILL run out
of available delay memory and may not be able to “play” all the echoes.
When you start to max out the delay time you’ll notice that the echoes nearer to the end of the
pattern will begin to “gray out” indicating that they will no longer be heard and that you have
passed the available delay memory. As you increase the tempo to the point where there is
sufficient delay memory the echoes will become “solid” again indicating that they will be heard.
So keep in mind that if you see the echo bars getting dull it indicates that you are maxing out
the delay time and you can either remove the echoes that are grayed out or increase the
tempo.
Accent
When in any of the “Note” modes, the Accent knob works as previously described accenting the
even taps when turned to the right and accenting the odd taps when turned to the left. When
the “Time” button is selected the Accent knob changes to read “Warp” and provides a
completely different function.
Warp
Warp creates a variable “time bias” or “time clustering” effect and moves/clusters all the taps
in tandem towards the beginning of the pattern when turned to the left and clusters the taps
towards the end of the pattern when turned to the right. This is a little hard to explain but as
soon as you yank on the knob you’ll see the effect on the taps on the screen and know exactly
what we are talking about. This can be really useful along with the Shape control to create
reverb like and robotic effects. A really unique control!
Width
The Width knob works as previously described and rather than take up a lot of space reiterating
them please refer to the appropriate sections where they are described in detail. Thanks!