Delay Effect

The Delay Effect component allows you to create the sound of a repeating, decaying echo.

Adjust the Tempo, the Delay time changes within limits.
Adjust the Delay, the Tempo changes within limits.
Adjust the Note value, the Delay or Tempo changes depending on which was set last.
The Note value does not change unless you change it.

Start by setting the Tempo

Set the Tempo
If you know the beats per minute, you can enter that in the Tempo field. The Delay is set to the proper value for that Tempo and whatever the Note value is. Or, when the music starts, you can tap the tempo using the Tempo Tap button.
Adjust the Note value.
As you adjust the Note value, the Delay time changes to the appropriate delay for the set Tempo and the set Note value.

The table below shows the Delay times for 30, 60 and 120 BPM for each Note value. In addition, the table shows the Delay range available for each Note value when the Tempo value is at its minimum (30 BPM) and its maximum (60 BPM).

The shortest delay possible when adjusting the Note and Tempo values is 31.2 ms with the Note at 1/32 and the Tempo at 30 BPM. However, the minimum Delay you can have is 0.333 ms, and the maximum is 60 s, which means you can continue to adjust the Delay in both directions when the Tempo and Note values have reached their limits.

Start by Setting Delay

Set the Delay
Enter the Delay time in either milliseconds, or seconds.(For example, 6m for 6 milliseconds, and 6s for 6 seconds.)
Adjust the Note value.
As you adjust the Note value, the Tempo changes to the appropriate Tempo for the set Delay and the set Note value. The Delay does not change.

	60 BPM			30 BPM	120 BPM	Delay Range @ 30 - 240 BPM
Note		Delay	Beat	Delay	Delay	Min	Max
(1/4)		1 s	1	2 s	500	250 ms	2.00 s
(1/8)		500 ms	.5	1 s	250	125 ms	1.00 s
(1/16)		250 ms	0.25	500 ms	125	62.5 ms	500 ms
(1/32)		125 ms	0.125	250 ms	62.5	31.2 ms	250 ms
(1/2T)		1.33 s	1.33	2.67 s	667	333 ms	2.67 s
(1/4T)		667 ms	0.67	1.33 s	333	167 ms	1.33 s
(1/8T)		333 ms	0.33	667 ms	375	83.3 ms	667 ms
(1/2.)		3 s	3	6 s	1.5 s	750 ms	6 s
(1/4.)		1.5 s	1.5	3 s	750	375 ms	3 s
(1/8.)		750 ms	0.75	1.5 s	167	188 ms	1.5 s

Controls

High-Pass Frequency (L/R)

Frequencies below this setting are attenuated. You can use this to simulate distance. As distance increases, high and lower range frequencies drop off.

Low-Pass Frequency (L/R)

Frequencies above this setting are attenuated. You can use this to simulate distance. As distance increases, high and lower range frequencies drop off.

Delay (L/R)

Sets the time the wet signal is delayed from the dry signal. The Delay time can be set directly, by adjusting the Tempo, and by changing the Note value. If you change the Delay time, the Tempo changes, but not the Note value.

The Max Delay of 60 seconds is set in the Properties.

Note: Entering anything from 0.001µs to 0.005µs gets interpreted as 1.00 through 5.00 milliseconds. Entering anything greater than 0.005 gets interpreted as the milliseconds as entered (example 0.006 gets interpreted as .006 ms). The basic idea is that the value that you enter is larger than the max value and Q-SYS Designer assumes you want the value to be divided by 1000. If you need to input less than 6ms, you must manually type in ("5us", "4us", etc.). You will then see it convert to .005 ms, .004ms, etc.

Tempo (L/R)

Sets the beats per minute (BPM) time interval. The BPM is based on one quarter note per beat. If you change the Tempo, the Delay changes.

Tempo Tap (L/R)

Allows you to set the tempo by tapping with a mouse pointer.

Note (L/R)

Sets the time the wet signal is delayed from the dry signal. When you change the Note value, the Tempo changes if you set the Delay first, and the Delay changes if you set the Tempo first. The Note value is not changed by changing the Delay or Tempo.

Regeneration (L/R)

Sets the amount of signal sent back into the delay.

Link (Stereo only)

Links the following parameters:

Left & Right Regeneration
Left & Right High-Pass Filter
Left & Right Low-Pass Filter

Tempo Link (Stereo only)

Only on the Stereo (Out or In / Out) Delay. Links the Left and Right Tempo.

Dry/Wet Mix

Changes the balance between the dry input signal and wet delayed signal.

Master Bypass

Bypasses the controls of the Delay Effect Component.

Control Pins

The table below gives you the values you can enter, via the control pin inputs, to set the control to the desired position. In addition, you can use the output for controlling other components. All the data is taken using a Custom Controls Component connected to the output side of the Control Pins.

Value - Taken from a Generic Float knob with a custom range equal to the range of the control or greater.

String - Taken from a Text Display control.

Position - Taken from a Position knob.

Pin Name	Value	String	Position	Pins Available
Delay (L/R)	.333 - 1.00	.333ms to 1.00s	0 - 1.00	Input / Output
Dry/Wet Mix	0 - 100	–	0 - 1.00	Input / Output
High-Pass Frequency (L/R)	20 - 20000	20.0Hz to 20.0kHz	0 - 1.00	Input / Output
Link	0 1.00	off on	0 1.00	Input / Output
Low-Pass Frequency (L/R)	20 - 20000	20.0Hz to 20.0kHz	0 - 1.00	Input / Output
Master Bypass	0 1.00	no bypassed	0 1.00	Input / Output
Note (L/R)	1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00	1/4 1/8 1/16 1/32 1/2T 1/4T 1/8T 1/2. 1/4. 1/8.	0 .111 .222 .333 .444 .556 .667 .778 .889 1.00	Input / Output
Regeneration (L/R)	0 - 100	–	0 - 1.00	Input / Output
Tempo (L/R)	30.0 - 240	30.0bpm to 240bpm	0 - 1.00	Input / Output
Tempo Link	0 1.00	off on	0 1.00	Input / Output
Tempo Tap (L/R)	0 1.00	false true	0 1.00	Input / Output

Delay Effect

Input Pins

Input

Output Pins

Output

Delay Effect Properties

I/O Configuration

Max Delay (seconds)