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- Page 1 EchoBoy The Ultimate Echo Machine User’s Guide Version 5 : For Mac and Windows...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
THE BASICS / Pg. 4 SINGLE ECHO MODE / Pg. 16 Echo Time ...................... pg. 16 A Detailed History of Echo (and EchoBoy) ..........pg. 5 Note, Dot, and Trip Buttons ............... pg. 17 Single Echo Mode Tweak Menu ..............pg. 18 Width ....................... - Page 3 CONTENTS (continued) CONTENTS (continued) PhaseMistress — Version 5 Echoboy — Version 5 RHYTHM ECHO MODE / Pg. 25 Wobble ......................pg. 36 Wobble Rate ....................pg. 36 Working in Rhythm Echo Mode ..............pg. 25 Wobble Shape ....................pg. 36 Shape ......................
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Page 4: The Basics
THE BASICS Echoboy — Version 5 Figure 1: EchoBoy Main Control Panel and Style Edit Menu soundtoys.com... -
Page 5: A Detailed History Of Echo (And Echoboy)
THE BASICS - A DETAILED HISTORY OF ECHO (AND ECHOBOY) Echoboy — Version 5 Delay and echo comprise the oldest and most commonly used effects in a tendency to saturate and impart a very natural compression that is the history of recorded audio. Think about that classic double tracked fat, warm and crunchy. - Page 6 THE BASICS - A DETAILED HISTORY OF ECHO (AND ECHOBOY) Echoboy — Version 5 integrated control of echo time, feedback, mixing and sometime EQ. In Man (think Andy Summers of the Police), MXR Analog Delay, and the up- addition, some units provided more than one playback head, allowing and-coming Boss and Ibanez units provided instrumentalists individual for various types of echo patterns.
- Page 7 PCM 42 each of which have a less Sun Ra once said, “space is the place”. We’re confident that EchoBoy than linear or flat response. The bottom line is they just SOUND really will take you to spaces and places unexplored previously.
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Page 8: The Echoboy Control Panel
COMMON CONTROLS The Saturation control provides a quick and easy means of imparting While the layout of EchoBoy’s Main Control Panel varies based on the tube or tape-like compression, emphasis, and subtle distortion on to the Echo Mode currently selected, many common controls are shared in all delay signal. -
Page 9: Input And Output Level
The Input and Output level controls are used to either boost or attenu- ECHO STYLES ate the input or output of EchoBoy. EchoBoy’s Input and Output controls allow you to vary the tone of the input signal being sent to the echo Echo Styles, found in the “Style”... - Page 10 Binson Echo-Rec and Echo-Rec II Tube Tape units in the Soundtoys lab. The Echo-Rec was used most notably by Pink Modeled after a modern tape echo. Lot’s of high mids and distortion. Floyd and is absolutely perfect for guitar and keys.
- Page 11 THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL Echoboy — Version 5 ECHO STYLES (continued) Analog Delay Telephone Warm and lightly distorted. Very reminiscent of vintage rack mount The narrowband telephone-effect. This is great on vocals as you might delay processors of the 1970s-80s.
- Page 12 THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL Echoboy — Version 5 ECHO STYLES (continued) Additionally, EchoBoy features a Style Editor which allows you to dig Distressed even deeper and create your own custom Echo Styles. The Style Editor Highly compressed and distorted echoes.
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Page 13: Mix
If you are using EchoBoy in-line you’ll likely want to use Mix to EchoBoy significantly, so please be careful when turning up the Feed- define the balance of dry to delay. If you are using EchoBoy in a mix bus back knob at high volumes. -
Page 14: Low Cut / High Cut
Tweak Menu giving you access to advanced controls that allow you to completely customize every aspect of your echo effects. Tweak Menu The Groove control allows you to impart a ‘groove’ feel with EchoBoy controls are covered in detail with their respective Echo Modes begin- in one of two flavors: Shuffle and Swing. -
Page 15: Feel
MODE FEEL The Mode Selector switch allows you to change between EchoBoy’s four Echo Modes. When a mode is changed you will notice that the control layout of EchoBoy changes accordingly. -
Page 16: Single Echo Mode
SINGLE ECHO MODE The Echo Time knob is used to control the amount of time between Single Echo Mode is actually our favorite Mode in EchoBoy to work with. your original sound and the echo output, and also the amount of time It is simple to use, easy to understand, and capable of creating both between echo ‘repeats’. -
Page 17: Note, Dot, And Trip Buttons
1 beat at 120 BPM. Very short delay times (0 to 10 milliseconds) can etc. and EchoBoy will lock right in to your groove. You can also choose produce some really cool flanging effects, and slightly longer times (10- dotted or triplet versions of musical note values by using the “Dot”... -
Page 18: Single Echo Mode Tweak Menu
L/R OFFSET WIDTH The L/R Offset is also used to control the stereo imaging of EchoBoy, but by adding a small delay difference between left and right channels. The Width parameter controls the stereo spread of EchoBoy’s output. -
Page 19: Accent
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - SINGLE ECHO MODE TWEAK MENU Echoboy — Version 5 ACCENT The Accent knob does for amplitude what the Groove knob does for timing. By turning up the Accent, delay repeats will alternate between louder and softer, producing a more dynamic and musical echo effect. -
Page 20: Dual Echo Mode
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - DUAL ECHO MODE Echoboy — Version 5 Figure 7: EchoBoy’s Main Control Panel in Dual Echo Mode DUAL ECHO MODE Dual Echo Mode is also a wonderful tool for creating very large echo soundscapes as the left and right channels differ. -
Page 21: Dual Echo Mode Tweak Menu
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - DUAL ECHO MODE TWEAK MENU Echoboy — Version 5 Figure 8: Dual Echo Mode Tweak Menu DUAL ECHO MODE TWEAK MENU WIDTH / L/R OFFSET These two controls operate in the same manner as in Single Echo Mode. -
Page 22: Fb Mix
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - DUAL ECHO MODE TWEAK MENU Echoboy — Version 5 ACCENT 1 / ACCENT 2 (continued) Keep in mind that the front panel Feedback knob has to be turned up some to hear the effect of FB Mix. -
Page 23: Ping Pong Echo Mode
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - PING PONG ECHO MODE Echoboy — Version 5 Figure 9: EchoBoy’s Main Control Panel in Ping-Pong Echo Mode PING PONG ECHO MODE Even if the Pong delay time is set shorter than Ping, you will always hear Ping first and then Pong. -
Page 24: Ping Pong Echo Mode Tweak Menu
As previously described in the Single Echo Mode Tweak Menu (page 18) You can get some truly wild results when Ping or Pong is set to Width controls the stereo spread of EchoBoy’s output. When set to the a specific Note value with MIDI sync but the opposite is set to minimum, delays will appear panned center in the stereo field. -
Page 25: Rhythm Echo Mode
WORKING IN RHYTHM ECHO MODE EchoBoy’s Rhythm Echo Mode is designed in a way to allow you to achieve some very cool results with a minimum amount of knob turning EchoBoy’s Rhythm Mode is a lot like a pattern-based drum machine for... -
Page 26: Shape
(echoes will appear as bright green providing a quick and easy way to manipulate the echo level. The Shape vertical bars), creating patterns for EchoBoy to play out. Echoes fur- knob determines how much of the selected volume shape will be applied thest to the left will be heard first, and echoes to the right will be heard to the taps in the pattern. - Page 27 THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - RHYTHM ECHO MODE Echoboy — Version 5 SHAPE (continued) Reverse Fade The opposite of Decay. Progressive echoes get louder. This is an often The opposite of Swell where the taps start loud and have a dip in the used effect, and can be used to make those classic ‘80s backwards echo...
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Page 28: Creating Custom Rhythm Patterns
To adjust an echo’s volume, simply click on a echo and drag the cursor back to its original location when you let go. EchoBoy will also up or down and the bar will get longer or shorter depending on which not allow you to create two echoes in the same location as an direction you drag. -
Page 29: Adjusting An Echo Between Grid Lines
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - RHYTHM ECHO MODE Echoboy — Version 5 ADJUSTING AN ECHO BETWEEN GRID LINES THE “ONE” ECHO Now, there just might be times when you’d want to place a echo in be- Well, by now you probably noticed that the first tap in your pattern is tween the grid lines and NOT have it quantized at all, not even down to yellow instead of green. -
Page 30: Saving Echo Patterns
Increasing the value of the Repeats control will cause those echoes to re-appear and be heard. If you increase the number of echoes, EchoBoy will automatically place a new tap at the next logical location based on the selected grid value. -
Page 31: Rhythm Echo Tweak Menu
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - RHYTHM ECHO MODE TWEAK MENU Echoboy — Version 5 Figure 12: Rhythm Echo Mode’s Tweak Menu RHYTHM ECHO MODE TWEAK MENU ACCENT / WARP Rhythm Echo Mode’s slide-out Tweak Menu adds new pattern specific The Accent control works like in previous modes (page 19), allowing... -
Page 32: Rhythm Grid
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - RHYTHM ECHO MODE TWEAK MENU Echoboy — Version 5 RHYTHM GRID The Rhythm Grid selection menu makes it easy to change the scale of the Rhythm Editor grid without affecting echoes that are already in place. -
Page 33: The Style Editor
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - THE STYLE EDITOR Echoboy — Version 5 Figure 13: EchoBoy’s Style Editor THE STYLE EDITOR The Style Editor is an extremely powerful and detailed tool; in fact, The Style Edit Menu includes an extensive and versatile 3-band EQ sec- these control parameters were used to create the included style presets. -
Page 34: Gain / Decay
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - THE STYLE EDITOR Echoboy — Version 5 GAIN / DECAY • Decay can either increase or decrease the EQ depending on the direction of the control. Turning the Decay to the left will The Gain and Decay controls make the EQ section truly dynamic. The “EQ Out”... -
Page 35: Diffusion
Diffusion is a common parameter found in reverbs that imparts a kind of “smear” and adds density to the reverb signal. It is what makes reverb sound dense and thick. The Diffusion parameter in EchoBoy is similar. SIZE Each time the echo goes through the diffusion filter it becomes less distinct: a blurry or smeared sound. -
Page 36: Wobble
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - THE STYLE EDITOR Echoboy — Version 5 WOBBLE WOBBLE SHAPE We love the Wobble control, and know you will too! This parameter adds You can also tweak the ‘shape’ of the wobble effect, using the LCD -style a ‘vari-speed’... -
Page 37: Fb / Out Toggle Switches
When using one of the random waveforms as described above, you can impart both subtle and radical random modulation to the EchoBoy delays and with careful tweaking it is likely that you will be able to recreate vintage sounds as well as craft new custom styles tailored specifically to your projects. -
Page 38: Saturation
THE ECHOBOY CONTROL PANEL - THE STYLE EDITOR Echoboy — Version 5 SATURATION Soft Limit – A fairly smooth limiter. Warm Limit – Smooth and warm as you turn up the saturation and The Tweak Menu’s saturation controls work in conjunction with the levels. -
Page 39: Additional Information
Please have the following information available to help assist our support team: Now that you’ve taken the time to learn all about EchoBoy, have fun, experiment, and make greatness! If our plug-ins helped you take your • The product version and serial number production to the next level, let us know, we’d love to hear from you... - Page 40 Wave Mechanics, Soundtoys, Crystallizer, EchoBoy, FilterFreak, PhaseMistress, PitchDoctor, PurePitch, SoundBlender, Speed, Decapitator, PanMan, Tremolator, Devil-Loc, Radiator, MicroShift, PrimalTap, and their respective logos are all trademarks of Soundtoys, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Soundtoys.