Alesis MidiVerb4 User Manual - Page 34

Overview of Effects - Chapter 3 Delay Effects Delay provides a discrete repetition of a signal. By adding feedback within the effect, the delayed signal can repeat many times, with each successive decay softer than its predecessor. Each of the Delay types allow you to adjust their delay time in milliseconds, however, the BPM Delay effect will display the equivalent musical tempo in BPM (beats per minute). MidiVerb 4 offers the following types of delay: Mono Delay This Single Configuration provides delay of signal up to 1299 ms. The delay time can be adjusted separately by 100ths, 10ths and 1 ms increments. Feedback is also available to increase the complexity of the signal. You also have high and low frequency cutting, which gives you the ability to equalize the effect's decay. This can help emulate an old tape-style echo where each succesive echo is darker than the previous one. Stereo Delay This Single Configuration provides two separate delays which can be individually adjusted for delay time, feedback and high and low cutting. The delay time can be adjusted separately by 100ths, 10ths and 1 ms increments. Ping Pong Delay So called because the output bounces from left to right in stereo with the speed determined by the delay time. Again, low and high frequency cut is available. The delay time can be adjusted separately by 100ths, 10ths and 1 ms increments. MultiTap Delay This is like having three delays at once. Each of the 3 "taps" have individual delay, level, panning and feedback controls. By adjusting the delay time of each tap, you can create sophisticated rhythms. BPM Mono Delay This is a mono delay which can have its delay time parameter set to a specific tempo or BPM (beats per minute) value. This allows you to reference the delay time to the tempo of the music you are playing, rather than searching for the correct delay time in milliseconds. An additional parameter, called Note, is used to determine what beat value your tempo represents. For example, if you set the note to 4, then you can set the tempo using quarter-note beats to establish delay time. If instead you set the Note to 4t, the same delay tempo setting will play faster because it is simulating quarter-note triplets in relation to the selected tempo. You can also choose dotted-note values, such as 4d or 8d for different rhythms relative to the selected tempo. MidiVerb 4 Reference Manual 33