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Im gonna get flamed for asking this question... but...
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| noicuc |
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. |
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| Wayne_B |
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 :) |
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| derail |
| 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). |
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| Beatflux |
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. |
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| Wayne_B |
| Thanks for clearing it up:) I've edited my first post so as not to confuse anyone. |
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| noicuc |
What about D? what does d stands for?
etc 1/4d , 2/4d.. |
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| kitphillips |
| 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. |
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