Empress Effects Tape Delay User Manual

tape delay

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Introduction

During the development of our Vintage Modified Superdelay, we
spent over 2 years perfecting the tape modes, painstakingly
recreating some of our favourite analog tape machines. Empress is
proud to have these tape modes available all on their own. We've
added features like an all-analog dry path, soft touch switches, trails
and true bypass, as well as an advanced configuration mode that
lets you customize the functionality of the tape delay to suit your
needs.

Thanks for your support!

- Steve Bragg

PS. You can extend your warranty to 4 years by registering your
pedal at www.empresseffects.com/warranty.html

Quick Start

Basic tape delay: warm and dark repeats with wow and flutter

Dotted eights: rhythmic delay (tap quarter notes on the tap switch)

The Tap Stompswitch

The tap stompswitch does different things depending on which
mode it's in.

Tap mode: When the delay time toggle is set to "tap", the Tape
Delay is in tap mode. The tap stompswitch is used to tap in a tempo.
The "d time|ratio" knob can be used to select various ratios of this
tempo.

Preset mode: When presets are enabled (see "Using Presets" and
"Advanced Configuration"), the tap stompswitch is used to toggle
through presets.

Non-tap mode with presets disabled: When the delay time toggle is
set to "slow" or "fast", and presets are disabled, the delay speed is
controlled by the d time|ratio knob. If blips are disabled (which is
the default behaviour), pressing the tap stompswitch erases the
audio in the delay line. This is useful if you want to play chords that
don't run into each other. If blips are enabled (see Advanced
Configuration), holding this down leads to some blips and blops..