Re: delay time part ii

[Mark Landman <mlandman@sonic.net>]

I think you've got about 3 choices here,

1) "Glitchy" clicks to one degree or another...

2) Portamento ( which your tape loop will do as well...)

3) Silence for one period of the delay time to clear out the buffer...

One thing the old Eventide H3000 boxes do that  I think is cool is allow 
you to control the speed of "portamento", it can be a quick "zip" or a 
slow "siren" to the new time.

ML

On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 06:19 PM, Guywithatele@aol.com wrote:

> My bad. Let me be clearer: I'm not trying to tap new times or to change 
> from, for example, 3000ms to 2775ms by way of a single, discrete 
> change. I'm trying to locate a delay system where smooth transitions 
> from one delay time to another are accomplished without the glitchy, 
> herky-jerky "artifacts" my current delay renders. I think it may be a 
> current technological impossibility, though: to scroll through a 225ms 
> (or whatever the situation calls for) change-in-delay-time without 
> necessitating a portamento glide effect or that re-calculating 
> gl-llli-itttt-cch--ch-hhh-n-lock. I was hoping that someone may know of 
> a higher-end delay unit that could accomplish smooth transitions. Maybe 
> I need an analog tape-type delay with very accurate time codes. Tape 
> loops, me'be? Do these exist? or are digital racks the only precise 
> delay units at the moment. Thanks again!
>
>> Anyone know of a delay unit that can glitchlessly
>> change delay times as signal is being fed to it?
>> E.g., in my current processor (DP/4, Ensoniq),
>> altering a delay time from 3000ms to 2775ms as it
>> receives signal causes (understandable) herky-jerky
>> effects. I'd like to know if anyone has used a
>> (digital) delay that allows for minute changes
>> smoothly.
>>
>> Thank you.
>