Unfiltered Instant Delay Shenanigans

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This is becoming my favorite wonky delay. Unfiltered Audio Instant Delay is granular - I think, meaning if you change the clock rate it keeps the same pitch.

I’m plugging a synth voice driven by a sequencer into the instant delays. I clock the delays with the gate output of the sequencer, meaning it isn’t a regular clock for the delay to latch onto. So you get a more complex delay output with the clock rate constantly changing. Even more fun you can modulate the delay time with a random source.

Then I use S&H’s to randomly modulate the feedback level. You end up with a weird, throbbing stereo delay sound.

Also you wire the feedback path so the right channel feeds the left channel and vice versa. Didn’t do it this time but it’s also cool to put filters or effects of some sort in the feedback loop. You can also put a limiter (or compressor in limiter mode) in the feedback path to keep runaway feedback from overloading.

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Shhhhh, don’t tell everyone about this. It’s one of my secret weapons for sound design!

I think it’s the only polyphonic granular delay with a send/return loop, which gives you genuinely bonkers possibilities. I like to give it a full 16 channels and poly modulation on the delay time. Also if you put Squinky’s F2 filter in the send loop with it’s limiter on, you get insane screaming, metallic, timestretchy feedback effects.

Here’s some dubious guitar effects where I was controlling the feedback amount and a few other things via MIDI expression pedals. Probably more fun to play than to listen to! :laughing:

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