Soundtoys EchoBoy - Manual (Page 53)

unpredictability to repeating delay and echo sounds AND to create some great chorus effects.
The effects that can be achieved with the Wobble controls can be either subtle or really radical.
The main Wobble control is essentially a “depth” control; it defines how much pitch ‘wobble’ will
be applied to the echo. As you probably guessed, at full counter clockwise the wobble is off. As
you turn up the Wobble, you will hear greater amounts of pitch variation. At higher settings you
can get some really extreme modulation and you can truly mangle and warp the sound in some
totally cool and unique ways.
Wobble Rate
The Wobble Rate knob controls the speed of the Wobble effect’s pitch variation. At lower
settings, the pitch will change (or wobble) slowly, and at higher settings the pitch will change
rapidly. The wobble rate is best tuned to suit your taste and mood. The whole Wobbly section
provides the means to add a significant amount of animation and “analog-ness” to the delay
sounds allowing you to create the weirdness and anomalies that were present in early delay
devices. Of course you can take these controls to the extreme and really whack out your sound.
Wobble Shape
You can also tweak the ‘shape’ of the wobble effect, using the LED menu below the Rate and
Sync knobs. Different shape will produce different effects, as follows:
Triangle - The pitch will ramp up and down repetitively.
Sine - Similar to the above, except smoother.
Square - Pitch will bounce between two values.
Random Walk - The pitch smoothly ramps between random values.
Random S/H - Pitch abruptly jumps from random value to random value.
Both Random S/H and Random Walk are useful when you are looking to impart some analog
feel and random modulation to your delay sound. At slow speeds and low Wobble depth you can
impart some of the randomness that is inherent in many vintage tape based delay units.
Sync
EchoBoy’s wobble section has the capability to modulate the pitch of every echo path
independently, making it possible to create super-rich chorused delay effects. The Sync knob
determines if the various echo paths are all aligned and modulating in the same way, (rate or
phase), or not depending on which way you turn the knob.