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Can you plug a metronome into the time input of the 104z to control the delay rate? Or anything else to match the tempo of a song?

Thanks!

bibendum wrote:Can you plug a metronome into the time input of the 104z to control the delay rate? Or anything else to match the tempo of a song?

Thanks!

unfortunately this would only, at the very most modulate the delay time, not really beatmatch to the song.

keep in mind that on short its ~50ms to ~500ms, and long is ~100ms to ~1000ms. here's a link to an online delay time calculator, it's quite handy: http://jmaguire.com/audio_tools.php. You'll find it at the bottom of the page. This same calculator will give you the Hz frequencies to set your LFO's at to reach syncopation at various note durations. really cool stuff. you might wanna try taking for instance the lfo out of a 102 (if you have one) and try running a preferred lfo speed into the mf-104z's delay input. this might result in some VERY desireable effects. i think i might go try that myself now.

CTRLSHFT wrote: you might wanna try taking for instance the lfo out of a 102 (if you have one) and try running a preferred lfo speed into the mf-104z's delay input. this might result in some VERY desireable effects. i think i might go try that myself now.

Won't the LFO modulate the delay time, not give a fixed delay time? For a fixed delay time, you'll want a fixed voltage level. Modulating delay can give you chorus/vibrato effects, which can be very cool. You'll probably want to attenuate the modulating LFO.

Some clever person could probably make a tap tempo control for the 104Z. You could also use that box that was on eBay to switch between a few different delay settings.

Bryan