This video looks at glitch sound design using Ableton Live.

via oubliettezombie:

In this video I outline a simple, iterative process for creating lots of tiny glitch sounds using just about any audio source material.

The devices used are the Redux, Reverb, Frequency Shifter, Simple Delay, Gate, and Grain Delay. Additionally, I cover creative resampling of your glitches for later slicing and rearranging via the Random MIDI device.

Enjoy!

In the second Get To Know Your Gear video, the guys from Blorp Corp get to know the Roland RE-201 Space Echo analog delay unit.

If you like Ableton Live 8 and you like freebies, you’ll want to check out extendlive’s free live pack Time Designer:

Time Designer is our debut Live Pack containing 50 advanced multitap delays for Live 8 and a 10-step tutorial for creating and customizing your own delays using only Live’s built-in devices.

Features:

• 50 advanced multitap delays for Live 8
• Annotations for all presets
• 10-step tutorial
• An example Live Set demonstrating some of the presets

Requirements:

• Live 8 or later
• 10MB of disk space

Download it here.

If you’re a Live user, check this out and leave a comment with your thoughts!

Update: Here’s an example of Time Designer in action:

Jodrell Bank by tay0

Explains Jodrell Bank:

Rough mix of a track in progress – uses the Time Designer Live pack posted to Synthtopia yesterday. A commenter asked to hear it, so here it is. Other goodies used: Absynth 4, Reason 4, Korg AE-1 mk II, live drums.

Audio WeEvil explorations by Prometheus Burning.

via telladictorian:

Making noise in the Prometheus Burning Studio as Nikki improvises a song with the Audio WeEvil during a Four Pi Movement warm up session.

Hardware signal path: BugBrand AudioWeevil08, Boss FZ-2, Digilog Delay, Alesis mixer, M-Audio Delta.Special guest appearance by Diesel the cat.

Loomer Shift is a real-time diatonic granular pitch shifting and delay effect for Mac & Windows.

Shift has three independent true stereo delay lines with discrete time, feedback, pan, and volume controls. Each delay line can be set in one of three pitch shifting configurations (Chromatic, Recursive, or Diatonic) and transposed by as much as an octave up or down using both coarse semitone and finely grained cent controls.

Shift is available for Mac OS X v 10.4 and above, Windows XP and above, and Linux, in Audio Unit, VST plugin, RTAS for Pro Tools 7 and above, and Standalone application formats. Shift retails for £35.00.

In Diatonic mode the accurate and responsive pitch tracker follows any monophonic audio source and tunes the pitch of the delay line harmonies to remain in key and in scale.

Shift’s echoes can either be synced to the host tempo (expressing delay times as musical subdivisions of a beat, with each echo exactly in time with the host) or in free-time mode (allowing fine tuning of the delay times, up to 2 seconds.)

Each delay line can be modulated using the straightforward Pitch and Time modulation controls, capable of generating a wide range of sounds from subtle detuning to extreme audio mangling.

True independent stereo processing means that left and right channel separation is preserved. Shift is also capable or running in mono, or even mono to stereo.

With optimized audio algorithms that won’t overload your processor, rock-solid stability, and easy integration with any MIDI hardware controller, Shift is ideal for live work. With a simple and intuitive interface, flexible Bank and Program management, and total parameter automation, Shift fits right into your studio environment.

An evaluation is available for free download, with the following limitations:

* User created Program and Bank configurations can be saved, but not loaded.
* Output will be periodically interrupted, approximately every minute, by a short moment of silence.
* Audio output will stop after 30 minutes of continuous use. The only way to continue using Shift is to restart the application.

Purchasing a licence will remove these evaluation limitations.

This is a demo video for the Roland RE-5 Digital Space Echo.

via abertronic

This video demonstrates how to emulate a scratch-style effect in Ableton Live 8 using the new delay Modes in Live’s Ping Pong Delay.

This is not meant to replace vinyl nor will it produce a totally authentic sounding scratch sound, but it is a Ableton Live only solution and is a nice add-on to your effects arsenal.

You can download the template at dubspot.

This is a demo of a Hawk Spring Reverb using Roland JP8000.

via abertronic

Mutagene 2WarpDelay is a feedback delay featuring 2 frequency-warped lattice filters in the feedback paths. Lattice filter coefficients are scanned from a bitmap that can be user definable or are extracted in real-time from the input signal.

2WarpDelay v1.5 is available for Mac OSX (Intel only) as a freeware effect plug-in (v1.2 for Windows is still available as well).

via Rekkerd

Thingaperformance 1.0 – A short performance using a Thingamagoop through a Moog MoogerFooger analog delay pedal.

via br0therl0c0

“Twin Delay” Rebote 2.5 Delay Echo Digital Analog Pedal

via djthomaswhite:

Here is my build of the popular Rebote 2.5 Delay project as offered by www.tonepad.com.

This is a $14 PCB where you source and build the rest of the parts. It is actually a great kit for someone looking to get into DIY projects that have to be soldered by hand.

The enclosure is from www.pedalpartsplus.com and I got the source wrong in the video. Sorry PPP!

It is kind of hard to tell, but the powder coating these guys do is AMAZING. The delay is based on the PT2399 chip and is technically a digital delay, although on board filtering of the echo tails makes it sound quite analog. I built two echos in the same box, with echo #1 feeding into echo #2. The connection is via a switching jack so you can use it as two separate echos just by plugging in to the 2nd echo input.

Other wise it is a dual true-bypass unit with only a need for 1 input and 1 output. I’d like to have three in one unit, but two works wonders in the end. Build one!

It is perfect for synths or guitar and can handle a decent input volume. Very cool and very fun to play with.

If you’ve built this DIY project, leave a comment with your thoughts!

VirSyn has released FDELAY, calling it “an exciting tool for sound design and loop manipulation in realtime”.

FDELAY splits the frequency spectrum of the input signal into 27 bands and applies a separate delay unit to each band. The delay times can be synchronized to the host tempo generating nearly infinite rhythmical and sonic variations of the input signal.

Or as VirSyn puts it, FDelay lets you “pimp your loops”!

Here’s an example:

If you’ve used VirSyn FDelay, leave a comment with your thoughts!

Features:

• 27 band realtime multiband delay
• Frequency dependent level, delay time and feedback
• Linear phase precision filters for maximal transparency
• Tempo syncable delay times up to 6 seconds
• Meta parameter for quick access to rhythm variations
• Minimized latency ( 12 ms )

Host compatibility:

• VST 3
• VST 2.4
• AudioUnit
• RTAS

FDELAY introductory offer: From now till March 31st, 2009 you can buy FDELAY for only EURO 99.- instead of EURO 169. FDELAY for free: If you buy Take Five FX ( incl. Bark, Matrix, Reflect, TDesign and VTape) before March 31st, 2009 you will get FDELAY for free.

This is a Berlin-school style Little Phatty Sequence, with some trippy visuals added. 

Just add Mellotron……

via Rothgar777

FabFilter Timeless is a flexible tape delay plug-in with time stretching, filters and user-friendly drag-and-drop modulation.

Key Features:

• L and R delay lines (10 ms – 5 sec) with host tempo sync, panning, and L/R sync
• Feedback and cross-feedback with L/R sync and phase inversion
• Tape delay or time stretching behavior when changing the delay time
• Tap feature
• Two state-of-the-art multimode filters with filter panning and six characteristics
• Interactive filter display
• Two LFOs with tempo/MIDI sync, triangle, square, sine, S&H, and random wave forms, wave balance, polarity
• Audio/MIDI triggered envelope generator
• Unique drag-and-drop modulation with 24-slot modulation matrix
• Velocity, aftertouch, keyboard track, mod wheel and pitch bend modulation sources
• MIDI Learn
• Over 200 presets
• Unique per-component presets
• Smart Parameter Interpolation
• Sample-accurate automation of all parameters
• Extensive help file with interactive help hints

2009 Winter NAMM Show: DigiTech announced its new TimeBender delay pedal. The TimeBender delay features ten delay types including Digital, Analog, along with Fixed Head and Moving Head Tape delays along with a 20 second looper.

The TimeBender lets you create custom repeat rhythms or patterns on the fly by simply strumming the guitar. Up to 6 taps can be set to quickly create delays. DigiTech has also included intelligent harmonies that can be added to the delays. Choose from over 100 different voicing’s including octaves, 5ths, and 3rds.

The TimeBender also adds full-time tone control, modulation, multiplier, tap tempo and repeat ping-pong patterns on all delay types in an easy to use stompbox user interface. Four memory settings also let you save favorite sounds.

Sexy day at Synthtopia continues: here’s something pretty sexy for Mac musicians – KingDubby is a free dub tape delay Audio Unit plug-in, developed by lowcoders and bitplant.

According to the developers – this version is the first step on the road to some cool new features coming for version 2.0 along with VST 3 support on Mac/Windows.

New in this version:

• Universal Binary : run KingDubby on your Intel® based Mac now!
• Cocoa Graphical User Interface : all the Mac UI coolness unleashed!
• Logic Studio support.

“Developing RSM pedals has been a multi-year program for us that has resulted in a platform on which we can develop in many directions”, states Duwe. “Our 24-bit hardware, firmware and software system will allow us to model many acoustic spaces, instruments and electronic modifications; at very little cost to the customer. One could easily be misled by the compact pedal form factor, but under the hood of our RSM processors you will find a lot of substantial FX for DJ’s, keyboardists and guitar amp effects loops alike.”

Behringer RSM pedals include chorus, phase shifting, flanging, reverb, delay, echo, octave, dynamic formant eq, acoustic modeling, rotary, harmonizing and synthesis modeling.

All pedals feature:

• Real Sound Modeling with advanced DSP algorithms
• 24-bit A/D/A conversion
• Rugged impact-resistant injection molded cases
• Sealed rotary controls
• Dual outputs for stereo or split-signal applications
• Ultra-bright On/Battery LED
• Battery or DC powered

US List $74.95

Togu Audio Line has released TAL-DUB-II, an extended version of its free dub delay for Mac and Windows, with a completely new sound engine.

A 4x oversampled distortion stage allows to add vintage distortion to the delayd signal, but its also possible to make clean delays. A sinusoidal LFO has the possibility to modulate delay time and low pass filter cutoff. Adjustable LFO stereo width is also included. An analog sounding 6dB low pass filter with resonance and a 3dB high cut filter are also parts of TAL-DUB-II. Different routing options open a wide range of possibilities.

Features:

• Synced delay times (1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1/1, 2/1 and trippled and dotted notes).
• 4x oversampled distortion stage.
• VU-Meter shows gain reduction.
• LFO (low pass cutoff and delay modulation, stereo width).
• 6dB resonance low pass filter.
• 3dB high pass filter.
• Midi learn for all pots.
• 20 factory presets.
• Documentation.

Wire to the Ear’s Oliver Chesler put together a nice screencast that shows the features of Ohm Force’s OhmBoyz plug in:

I really think OhmBoyz is the best delay I own. After watching the video I encourage you to head over to the Ohm Force website and download the demo.

This screencast covers: Installation, Presets, Multiple Knob Control, LFO, Automation and Sustained Loop.

He hits testing this out in live at about 1 minute in.

If you liked this screencast check out the other Wire to the Ear videos.

Voxengo has introduced a new free AudioUnit and VST plug-in for Windows and Mac OS X computers.

Voxengo Sound Delay is an auxiliary multi-channel signal delaying plug-in for professional audio applications.

With Sound Delay, you can specify delay time in both milliseconds and samples, with a high level of precision. Sound Delay provides a basic signal delaying function only, without signal feedback or modulation capabilities.

Sound Delay also features internal mid/side encoding and decoding, and allows you to delay mid and side channels independently.

Features:

• Sample-accurate delaying
• Millisecond-accurate delaying
• Up to 3 seconds overall delay
• Multi-channel processing
• Internal channel routing
• Channel grouping
• Mid/side processing
• Preset manager
• Undo/redo history
• A/B comparisons
• Contextual hint messages

Sound Delay plug-in replaces both Audio Delay and Sample Delay plug-ins previously available from Voxengo.

Sound Delay is free for commercial and non-commercial use, subject to its license agreement.