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This page: D-Two Multi-tap Rhythm Delay; Dig the Rhythm
D-Two Multi-tap Rhythm Delay
Though delay is one of the most common audio effects, there are few machines devoted exclusively to it. The D-Two not only focuses solely on delay, but its Rhythm mode adds new expressive power to the effect.
The D2's most important delay parameters have dedicated front panel controls.
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The D-Two can operate in three delay modes: Traditional, in which a feedback loop is used to create delay repeats; Straight, where a multi-tap scheme lets you specify the exact number of repeats; and the highly expressive Rhythm, in which the delay will play your tapped-in rhythm.
You can sweeten the delayed signal with up to six effects. These are Spatial, which widens the stereo image; Filter, which applies a high- and low-cut filter to both the delayed signal and the source material; Chorus; PingPong, which pans the delays (not available in Traditional mode); Dynamic, where the delay output level is affected by the input level; and Reverse, which reverses delay repeats in several selectable combinations. Although each effect offers a few editable parameters, these effects can only work in tandem with delay -- the D-Two is not a multi-effects processor in the traditional sense.
Like the M-One, the D-Two is very simple to navigate thanks to a logical front panel that puts hardware control of delay time and feedback at your fingertips. While you'll need to spend more time with the D-Two's manual than you would with the M-One, it's still remarkably easy to use, thanks to the dedicated buttons and data-wheel for delay time and feedback amount. Each of the add-on effects has its own front panel button. Click a button once to activate or deactivate the effect -- twice to edit the effect's parameters.
Look familiar? The D-Two and M-One's back panels are identical.
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Dig the Rhythm
Rhythm mode is by far the funkiest feature of the D-Two. Just tap the rhythm you want the delay to play -- up to ten taps -- and the D-Two produces it. Your finger's twitchy from a double latte? Don't worry: you can quantize your tapped rhythm with 12 different resolutions. With some -- half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes -- Shuffle (swing) can be added. If quantizing doesn't do it for you, the Tap Edit menu allows you to change the note value of each tap. In addition, you can edit the level of each delay repeat, making it possible to create delay crescendos rather than the normal decrescendo. With the Rhythm Decay parameter, the delay level of a rhythm pattern will either decay with each note (as normal), or decay pattern by pattern in steps (see Sonic Preview). With feedback percentage set to zero, the rhythm pattern will play once at full level.
The D-Two's MIDI implementation is the same as the M-One's. MIDI sync is activated in the Setup menu, and once again, I was able to sync the D-Two to my sequencer without issue. All parameters can be transmitted by MIDI and recorded to a sequencer. Sys-Ex memory dumps are an option, as are MIDI program changes. Again, continuous controller numbers are not listed in the manual, but they can be found on T.C.'s website.
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