Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/11 Delay

• 29.11 Delay

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  • Delay has a separate delay line for each stereo channel, a band-pass filter, and LFO modulation.
  • Delay Time Mode — Sync (beat divisions) or Time (1 ms to 5 s)
    • In Sync, numbered buttons set the delay in sixteenths; 4 is one beat. Offset sliders move each delay slightly early (negative) or late (positive), for swing.
  • Stereo Link — one delay time for both channels; Offset stays separate
  • Feedback — output fed back into each channel's own delay line; left and right do not cross
  • Freeze — loops whatever is in the buffer at that moment and ignores new input until released
  • Filter — band-pass before the delay. Drag in the display: horizontal for frequency, vertical for width; or use Freq and Width.
  • An LFO can modulate delay time and filter frequency, from chorus to chopped glitches. The LFO Controls toggle expands the full LFO section; its LED flashes at the LFO rate.
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    • Delay — LFO amount on delay time; Filter — on filter frequency
    • Rate mode — Rate, Time, Synced, Triplet, Dotted, Sixteenth
    • Wave — Sine, Triangle, Ramp Up, Ramp Down, Square, S&H, Wander; Morph reshapes it
  • Smoothing, for when the delay time changes during playback:
    • Repitch (default) — pitch bends like an old tape delay
    • Fade — crossfades old and new times; gradual changes can sound granular
    • Jump — switches at once, possibly clicking
    • LFO modulation sounds different in each mode.
  • Ping Pong — bounces the delay between left and right
  • Dry/Wet — set to 100% on a return track
  • Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/11 Delay/01 Context Menu Options for Delay

    • 29.11.1 Context Menu Options for Delay

      • In the context menu or the title bar's Show Options menu:
        • Hi-Quality — better interpolation in Repitch and Fade, and tape-style smoothing of time changes in Repitch
        • Dry/Wet - Equal-Loudness — keeps perceived loudness steady across the Dry/Wet range, so 50/50 sounds as loud as either end
  • Ableton/Live/UG/29 Audio Effect Reference/11 Delay/02 Delay Tips

    • 29.11.2 Delay Tips

      • Two starting points from the manual.

      • 29.11.2.1 Glitch Effect

        • Stereo Link on, Sync time 6, Feedback 50%
        • Filter on at 2.86 kHz, Width 2.50
        • LFO S&H at 0.93 Hz; Delay 66%, Filter 19%
        • Fade smoothing, Ping Pong off, Dry/Wet 50–80%

      • 29.11.2.2 Chorus Effect

        • Stereo Link off; left 12.0 ms, right 30.0 ms; Feedback 0%
        • Filter on at 2.56 kHz, Width 8.50
        • LFO Triangle at 0.65 Hz; Delay 58%, Filter 0%
        • Repitch smoothing, Ping Pong on, Dry/Wet 45–65%