Mutable Instruments Beads Manual page 14

Beads as a delay
Setting the grain SIZE [G] knob fully clockwise (∞) turns
Beads into a delay or beat slicer. Effectively, only one grain
remains active, forever, continuously reading from the tape.
The base delay time (and slice duration) can be manually
controlled, tapped, or set by an external clock.
Manual control
If the SEED input (4) is left unpatched, and if the SEED but-
ton [C] is latched (slowly fading in and out), the delay time is
freely controlled by the DENSITY knob [D] and CV input (5).
At 12 o'clock, the base delay time corresponds to the full
buffer duration. Turn the knob further away to shorten the
delay time up to audio rates, for flanger or comb-filtering
effects. From 12 o'clock to fully CW, the delay will have an
additional, unevenly spaced, tap.
full buffer full buffer
DENSITY
Clocked or tap-tempo control
If an external clock is patched into the SEED input (4), or if
you rhythmically tap the SEED button, the base delay time
will be set as the interval between the taps or clock ticks.