Overloud Gem Comp76 FET Compressor and Limiter Plug-In - Manual (Page 33)

OVERLOUD GEMS OTD-2
As in the original unit, tap delay times have inharmonic intervals between each other. This is use-
ful when you are searching for a reverb like
kind of delay e
ff ect. The OTD-2 processor al-
lows to control the amount of inharmonicity
with the
QUANTIZE knob. The ORIGINAL
position corresponds to the original device
settings, while the
EVEN position is where
the taps are equidistant one from each other
with the result of having a more digital kind
of delay e
ff ect. You can continuously range between these two settings to fi nd the sound that
fi ts your need.
REGENERATION IN/OUT - When ON, the signal of one or more taps, depending on the status of
STEREO MODE , is fed back to the input stage.
REGENERATION LEVEL - Controls the amount of signal fed back to the input.
REGENERATION HI CUT - Filters away some high frequency content from the signal fed back to the
input.
REGENERATION TAP - Selects the tap as source for the regeneration signal. This is meaningful when
the STEREO MODE is set to MONO which is how the original unit works.
REGENERATION STEREO MODE - Selects how the regeneration works.
MONO is the way the original unit works, letting a single tap signal to be fed back to the input.
The tap to feed is selected by the REGENERATION TAP control.
CROSS is a new mode, and works almost the same. In addition it swaps the stereo channels
while feeding them back to the input. This will make the processed sound more mixed by also
balancing the stereo image.
VERB is a special new mode, where all active taps are fed back to the input ad same time. The
point of this mode is to overlap the taps to obtain a very dense reverb like delay e ff ect ( QUAN-
TIZE set to ORIGINAL ), or even to emphasize the distinct tap individual echoes to have rhythmic
patterns ( QUANTIZE set to EVEN ).
DELAY MODE - Selects the way the delay manages time.
STANDARD is the original setting, with standard 1x to 5x range for tap delays.
WIDE makes the whole time base wider by multiplying the times by a 30x factor. This lets you
completely reinterpret the usage of the OTD-2 bringing it closer to a traditional delay unit, by still
keeping other cool features available.
SYNC allows you to synchronize the delay time with the host tempo. Very useful when you want
the tap regenerated beats to play in time with the song you are processing. Or even if you basi-
cally just need to let the e
ff ect follow song’s tempo changes. Once you selected SYNC, you can
choose the tempo division clicking the current notation.
TAP STANDARD RANGE (ms) WIDE RANGE (ms)
1 2 - 8 46 - 226
2 3 - 14 82 - 408
3 5 - 23 136 - 678
4 6 - 32 190 - 948
5 9 - 46 279 - 1393
6 11 - 55 333 - 1665
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As for other Gems, the LINK option allows to keep two controls con-
nected together, and to move one to set them both. In the TAP as-
sign section, controls are grouped in rows, and activating the LINK
option, when you move a switch on one column, the corresponding
switch on the other column will follow the same move accordingly.
And the same happens with the lit tap power buttons.