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<blockquote data-quote="John Chiara" data-source="post: 123696" data-attributes="member: 53">Re: Rhythm DelayOk, one more time...I am going to walk you thru this.First and most important...NO OTHER TAP DELAY WORKS THIS WAY!!!If that doesn&#039;t clear the fog....try this. I am mixing on a iPad...song ends...I mute my reverb and delay DCA&#039;sand go to my effects page where my tap delay is waiting. The song starts...with a drummer count off or otherwise... I tap accordingly....band comes in....tempo doesn&#039;t match...happens all the time... I have to wait until the averaging cycle passes... Too long while the band is playing...I need to tap again....hopefully getting it right on the first taps or I have to wait thru ANOTHER cycle. Or...I may start tapping half notes and then decide I want quarter notes...I can&#039;t continue tapping a new tempo because it gets AVERAGED with the previous taps. Now I have to wait AGAIN until ANOTHER&nbsp; averaging cycle passes....see the pile up happening?Then I leave the effects page, unmute my verbs and delays and then start to mix the song. Same thing if I want to change the tap tempo during the song.All this averaging malarkey does is extend the time I have to WAIT to do what I already know how to do. There is NO reason to average anything. If I tap more than twice I am doing it to get MORE accurate with my taps...the averaging sabotages this very process. Again, no other tap delay that I have used in the last 20 years worked like this.The X32 is a tool that replaces a whole bunch of processors...I want it to replace my outboard tap delay.....directly. I have mixed nearly 5000 shows and the present tap delay function inhibits my style.Kick drum goes on ch 1.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Chiara, post: 123696, member: 53"] Re: Rhythm Delay Ok, one more time...I am going to walk you thru this. First and most important...NO OTHER TAP DELAY WORKS THIS WAY!!! If that doesn't clear the fog....try this. I am mixing on a iPad...song ends...I mute my reverb and delay DCA's and go to my effects page where my tap delay is waiting. The song starts...with a drummer count off or otherwise... I tap accordingly....band comes in....tempo doesn't match...happens all the time... I have to wait until the averaging cycle passes... Too long while the band is playing...I need to tap again....hopefully getting it right on the first taps or I have to wait thru ANOTHER cycle. Or...I may start tapping half notes and then decide I want quarter notes...I can't continue tapping a new tempo because it gets AVERAGED with the previous taps. Now I have to wait AGAIN until ANOTHER averaging cycle passes....see the pile up happening? Then I leave the effects page, unmute my verbs and delays and then start to mix the song. Same thing if I want to change the tap tempo during the song. All this averaging malarkey does is extend the time I have to WAIT to do what I already know how to do. There is NO reason to average anything. If I tap more than twice I am doing it to get MORE accurate with my taps...the averaging sabotages this very process. Again, no other tap delay that I have used in the last 20 years worked like this. The X32 is a tool that replaces a whole bunch of processors...I want it to replace my outboard tap delay.....directly. I have mixed nearly 5000 shows and the present tap delay function inhibits my style. Kick drum goes on ch 1..... [/QUOTE]

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