elysia mpressor Dual-Channel Creative Compressor - Manual (Page 25)

25 settings - delay loops
Delay and compressor in a loop – does that
make any sense at all? Absolutely, because this
combination is a truly rich source for lots of cra-
zy sounds!
To create them, assign an AUX buss (let’s say
AUX 1) to the input of the mpressor. Send the
output of the mpressor to the input of a follow-
ing delay, which has to be set to 100 % wet, so
that its output carries only the processed signal.
The output of this delay is what you will listen
to, but at the same time you send the output of
the delay to AUX 1, too!
Now send a signal from any source into AUX 1. If
the gain controller of the compressor is set in a
way that the delay sound becomes louder with
every repetition, it will finally fall into a feedback
loop which is kept steady by the compressor.
If the Niveau Filter is used in addition to bend
the frequency response, very noisy, pumping
and breathing sounds that keep changing con-
tinuously will be the result.
Very short delay times between 5 and 30 ms can
even generate oscillating sounds that instantly
remind of synthesizers. Turning the Niveau Fil-
ter controllers during this process results in a
shift of the frequency response with each rep-
etition of the delay.
If you are familiar with feedback loops, you will
not have a hard time setting this up. If it feels
difficult at first, though, never surrender: it takes
some experiments at the beginning to get it
right.
Make sure to check the demo sounds both for
the mpressor hardware and the plugin on our
website in order to get an idea how this will
sound and what you can do with it.
settings
dELAY LOOPS