time stretching vortex patch

["b.knox" <b.knox@latrobe.edu.au>]

all this talk of looping stretching time.. how about time stretching
your loops!

in return for some great recent 'texter patches from Andy, thought i'd
share where i've been spending a number of hours recently (no drugs
involved apart from sleep deprivation):

A  :  reflexion A              B : deja vu B

mix            40                        64
output        64                        64
mod fx        1                        20
echo fx        ped                     64
morph        5                          50
env            64                        ped
echo1        3                           2
echo2        2                           2
fb1            60                         64
fb2            32                         1
rate1           8                          8
depth1        60                       28
res1            1                          45
rate2           50                        50
depth2        64                        48
res2            64                        28

really need the pedal to get the most out of this i guess...

start off in A... i like to avoid loud attacks and use the pedal very
slowly... a steady down press will bring in the echoes (echo fx controls
the inputs to the delays in the reflexion preset)... initially a
quivering atmospheric effect  resolving to a slightly pitch bent short
cycle delay... pedal toe-up lets the echo fade out naturally while you
play over the top.  keep the knob pointing at feedback 1 so you can be
ready to "loop" or "kill" the short delay... sustaining something and
varying its volume while the pedal is toe-down produces some interesting
quiet quivering flange type thingies embedded in the thick  echo...

various effects are possible when morphing to B, which is a looper with
the quivering rate 50 theme in the background... with the "straight" A
delay cycling away and no input signal present, morphing to B with the
pedal toe-up will (usually - according to the tap length) triple the
length of the loop---and half will be what was in echo 1, the other half
will be a "gap" (usually with some soft phasey sounding stuff in it)...
if there is material input during the morph with the pedal toe-down, a
mutated bent version of the input will occupy the second half of the B
loop... try input with toe-up etc (yeah.. like i need to tell you guys
to experiment ;) enjoy!

brad