Mididelay
by Alex Nadzharov
Eight lanes of MIDI tap delay with feedback and randomization
Aug 20, 202422 minWatch on YouTube ↗
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- 3:59Simple mode versus advanced mode with eight delay lanes
- 5:05The A, B and C scenes and crossfading between them
- 6:13Level, delay time and feedback building up repeats
- 6:56Pitch transposition, velocity randomization and scale quantize
- 13:47Advanced mode adding random minimum and maximum ranges
- 17:30The eight routing algorithms, and needing four active lanes for them
What it does
A MIDI effect that delays incoming note, CC, aftertouch, poly pressure and pitch bend data. Simple mode gives one delay lane, advanced mode gives eight, each with level, time, feedback, transposition, velocity randomization and scale quantizing or note filtering. Eight algorithms chain the lanes in serial and parallel, and A, B and C scenes crossfade between parameter sets.
In the demo
Jade drives it in AUM from PolyBud into PianoTeq, starting with one lane and adding feedback, transposition and velocity randomization until the repeats turn generative. She then switches to advanced mode, stacks three lanes, and works through the routing algorithms.
Worth knowing
The active-state colours are hard to read at a glance, and the dice buttons re-roll active lanes as well as parameters, so levels can jump without warning. It is also sold in a $7.99 App Store bundle alongside two other Nadzharov MIDI apps.
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