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THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL
Echoboy — Version 5
The Feel knob is similar to the Groove control but in this case shifts your
whole delay output in relation to the beat, not just the groove of the
pattern. The Feel control is like being able to control how echoes play
in relation to the “pocket”; should they relax slightly behind the beat or
propel the movement forward, slightly rushing the tempo?
FEEL
imparted on the echo pattern. Groove control adjustments create shift
either forwards or backwards to the “even” beats towards a triplet type
groove.
As you turn the knob counter-clockwise towards “Shuffle”, an increasing
amount of shuffle feel will be added to the echo rhythm. As you turn
the knob clockwise from the center “0” setting an increasing amount of
swing feel will be imparted on the tremolo sound. The amount of Shuffle
or Swing dialed in with the knob will be relative to the currently set
Rhythm. Groove settings are imparted on the signal regardless of the
type of modulation used, the rate, or the rhythm setting.
GROOVE (continued)
By turning the control counter-clockwise an increasing amount of delay
is imparted on both left and right channels before echoes are heard,
similar to pre-delay in reverb. We called this one Draggin’ because it has
the effect of sliding behind the downbeat. As the control is increased,
delay is added the effect will fall further and further behind the down-
beat.
On the other end of the spectrum is Rushin’. Instead of sliding the
modulation behind the beat it begins to move it ahead of the beat. This
is kind of like adding a negative pre-delay. As you turn the knob further
towards the maximum value, echoes will be moving increasingly ahead
of the beat.
The Mode Selector switch allows you to change between EchoBoy’s four
Echo Modes. When a mode is changed you will notice that the control
layout of EchoBoy changes accordingly.
MODE
