Soundtoys EchoBoy - Manual (Page 39)

The main graphic window is the rhythm editor. This gives you a graphical view of the echo
pattern, as well as a means to tweak each individual echo. Each echo is represented by a thick
bright green vertical bar in the rhythm pattern window. Echoes furthest to the left will be heard
first, and echoes to the right will be heard last. The volume of each echo is represented by the
height of each green echo bar. Taller echoes will be louder, and shorter echoes will be quieter.
The rhythm editor window represents the full length of the echo pattern – you will only hear
repeats that are visible on this display. By default, this pattern is 2 beats long. To make the
echo pattern longer or shorter, you can adjust the pattern length control under the ‘Tweak’
button.
Rhythm Knob
The Rhythm knob is used to quickly and easily set up a simple rhythmic echo pattern. This
looks and works a bit like the Echo Time knob in EchoBoy’s other modes, with one important
difference. In Rhythm mode, you can dial in a specific knob of repeats using the Repeats knob
(instead of using Feedback). The advantage of this is that you can control both the volume level
and the exact timing of each echo, giving you much more creative power.
For example, to hear exactly four repeats at 1/16
th note intervals, dial in a note value of 1/16 th ,
and set the Repeats knob to 4. You will see four green bars appear on the display, one
corresponding to each echo repeat. To hear more or less repeats, increase or decrease the
Repeats value. And just like the other modes, selecting “Dot”, “Trip” will create an echo pattern
based on dotted or triplet notes. Selecting the ‘Time’ button will create an echo pattern in
milliseconds, and just like the other modes, you’ll get that cool analog pitch shift effect when
adjusting delay in milliseconds. (In any of the ‘note’ modes, the echo times will instead smoothly
crossfade to new values.)
And to get at the real power of Rhythm mode, click on the “Patt’ button. Echoboy comes with a
bunch of preset patterns, which can be easily selected by pressing the down arrow to the right
of the LED menu and highlighting “Presets”. This will show you a list of the custom preset
patterns as well as any user presets that have been saved at the end of the list. Scroll up or
down through the list to select one of the preset patterns or use the up/down nudge buttons to
scroll through and select a preset pattern. You can also create and add as many user patterns
as you like. Echoboy includes a bunch of standard Bar and Note based presets with various
types of Dotted and Triplet patterns that make great starting points for creating your own
patterns.