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Posted by noicuc on Jul-01-2009 09:05:

Im gonna get flamed for asking this question... but...

So...
I have seen many delay/LFO effects with this 1/4 , 2/4t , 3/8* thing...
What do they really mean? I mean what does the t or the * means?
Thx in advance.

Posted by Wayne_B on Jul-01-2009 10:02:

Hi, The 1/4, 1/8 etc stands for the timing of the delay or Lfo.
For a delay plugin this will be the time before the delay is heard.So lets say you are routing some signal to a delay setup on a send channel with a delay setting of 1/4.. The original sound will play then the delay will copy and playback the same sound at the interval you've set i.e 1/4 bar.
For an Lfo the 1/4 ,1/2 will refer to the speed the Lfo takes to do a cycle.So if set to 1/4 the lfo will cycle 4 times for every bar played.
The important thing is to set your plugin to sync to the same bpm as your project.Most plugins do this for you though

For 1/8t, the t stands for triplet. I'm not 100% sure but this will offset the delay or speed of an lfo by a small amount and is usefull for creating grooves. I've actually been tinkering with delays lately so i'll try and put a small delay tutorial soon

Posted by derail on Jul-01-2009 10:35:

quote:
Originally posted by Wayne_B
The important thing is to set your plugin to sync to the same bpm as your project.Most plugins do this for you though

I'd assume if the plugin is showing 1/16, 1/8 and so on, then sync is on, otherwise it would be showing milliseconds (ms).

Posted by Beatflux on Jul-01-2009 10:52:

1/4 is going to subdivide one bar into 4 parts, so you'll have the LFO cycle four times in one bar.

1/4T stands for either triplet or triolic. When you make 1/4 a triplet(1/4t) you subdivide the bar by 6 instead of 4, so every two beats there will be three cycles giving you a completely different feel, than you're typical binary divisions.

1/4* stands for punctuated or dotted which means it takes the value, divides it by 2, and then adds it on to the original value. So 1/4* is equal to 3/8 of a bar. You could also call this a dotted quarter note.

Posted by Wayne_B on Jul-01-2009 12:45:

Thanks for clearing it up I've edited my first post so as not to confuse anyone.

Posted by noicuc on Jul-02-2009 10:21:

What about D? what does d stands for?
etc 1/4d , 2/4d..

Posted by kitphillips on Jul-02-2009 14:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Beatflux

1/4T stands for either triplet or triolic. When you make 1/4 a triplet(1/4t) you subdivide the bar by 6 instead of 4, so every two beats there will be three cycles giving you a completely different feel, than you're typical binary divisions.

Well, the OP was asking what t,* and d mean in the context of note timings, so I think you've answered it best. But I think you got this bit wrong.

t means triplet yes, but from what I understand, I think it means that instead of being a quarter note, its a triplet quarter note, which is a quarter note divided in three. So rather than there being 6 quarter triplets in a bar like you say there should actually be 4x3=12... assuming the time signature was 4/4. For there to be 6 quarter triplets the time signature would be 2/4.

Dotted/d/* means as you said, half that notes length again. or 1.5x that notes length.