Delay Designer overview in MainStage

Delay Designer is a multitap delay. Unlike traditional delay units that offer only one or two delays (or taps) that may or may not be fed back into the circuit, Delay Designer provides up to 26 individual taps. These taps are all fed from the source signal and can be edited to create unique delay effects.

Delay Designer provides control over the level, pan position, and pitch of each tap. Each tap can also be lowpass or highpass filtered.

Further effect-wide parameters include synchronization, quantization, and feedback.

As the name implies, Delay Designer offers significant sound design potential. You can use it for everything from a basic echo effect to an audio pattern sequencer. You can create complex, evolving, moving rhythms by synchronizing the placement of taps. This leads to further musical possibilities when coupled with judicious use of transposition and filtering. Alternatively, you can set up numerous taps as repeats of other taps, much as you would use the feedback control of a simple delay effect, but with individual control over each repeat.

To add Delay Designer to your concert, choose Delay > Delay Designer in a channel strip Audio Effect plug-in menu. See Add and remove plug-ins in MainStage.

Figure. Delay Designer window, showing main interface areas.

The Delay Designer interface consists of five main sections:

Main display: Provides a visual representation of all taps. You can see and edit the parameters of each tap in this area. See Use the Delay Designer main display.
Tap parameter bar: Offers a numeric overview of the current parameter settings for the selected tap. You can view and edit the parameters of each tap in this area. See Delay Designer Tap parameter bar.
Tap pads: You can use these two pads to create taps in Delay Designer. See Create Delay Designer taps.
Sync section: You can set all Delay Designer synchronization and quantization parameters in this area. See Use Delay Designer sync mode.
Master section: This area contains the global Mix and Feedback parameters. See Delay Designer master parameters.

Download the guides:

MainStage User Guide: PDF

MainStage Instruments: PDF

MainStage Effects: PDF

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