Delay effects

These are modules you can add inside a Grid patch. Open Search modules, enter the browser name shown under a device below, add it, then select it to see its full controls in the inspector. Wire the left and right audio inputs and outputs into your patch. Adding a module alone does not put it into the sound path. A card shows only its first three controls. Widen the window to at least 760 pixels to use the full inspector.

These tables use the Grid inspector’s exact labels, including short labels such as out_db. A switch is a numeric control: 0 is off and 1 is on. Unless a row says otherwise, a range is continuous. Values such as mix use 0–1: 0 is dry, 1 is wet. Width 1 preserves normal stereo; 0 makes the processed part mono.

For tempo-synchronised controls, set the module's bpm to the tempo you want and enable its sync control. The tempo division list explains the shared choices. These Grid modules use their own tempo setting.

Delay#

Grid browser: fx-c-delay.

Delay makes stereo echoes with separate left/right times. Set link to 0 for independent right-side settings. mode chooses stereo, ping-pong or mono echoes. In millisecond mode, Sync uses div_l and div_r instead of the free times. High-pass and low-pass filters colour each repeat; they turn off at 20 Hz and 20,000 Hz respectively.

The unit menu also offers samples and metres. Samples uses the time control as a whole-sample count. The Metres choice interprets that number in hundredths of a metre. These align modes ignore tempo Sync. Feedback can exceed 1, creating sustained, saturated repeats. Moving the time while playing bends the repeats' pitch.

Multi-Tap Delay#

Grid browser: fx-c-multi-tap-delay.

Multi-Tap Delay takes the input's mono sum and creates four echoes, each with its own time, pan, level, filters and feedback. Each tap can use free time or a tempo division. spread scales the taps' distance from the first tap: 0 brings them together, 0.5 uses their entered times, and 1 doubles their separation. global_fb feeds the combined echoes back into every tap. A tap's own fb controls only its own repeats. A level of −70 dB silences the tap.

Taps 1–4 each have these nine controls. Defaults marked by number refer to the tap. The shared controls follow.

Tape Echo#

Grid browser: fx-c-tape-echo.

Tape Echo combines two delays with filtering, modulation, noise, wobble and a reverb. ch_mode chooses stereo, ping-pong or mid/side. Link ties the base times; the two Offset controls add swing on each side. fb_invert reverses the feedback's polarity.

The modulation controls move delay time and filter frequency. env_mix blends the input envelope into the modulation. Gate reduces quiet input into the echo; Ducking reduces echoes under louder input. Their −70 dB thresholds turn those actions off. Noise morphs between hiss and crackle; Wobble adds tape-style speed variation. repitch makes time changes bend pitch; off uses a transition between times.

Choose where the added reverb sits with reverb_loc: before, after, or inside feedback. dry_dist includes the input distortion on the dry part. Stereo width, Output and Mix finish the result.

Grain Echo#

Grid browser: fx-c-grain-echo.

Grain Echo makes echoes from short overlapping pieces of the incoming sound. time_ms or its synced division sets the delay. spray_ms scatters the read positions. grain_ms sets the piece length, density sets overlap, and window shapes how each piece fades in and out. Pitch and Random Pitch transpose them; Reverse Chance chooses how often they play backward. Feedback returns the resulting grains to the delay.

For the normal track effect cards and chain controls, see Effects. For shared effect channels, see The mixer.