The Tapographic Delay, designed by Matthias Puech and 4ms Company, is a complex multi-tap delay in the Eurorack format with a unique interface designed for live performance. It excels at transforming the simplest audio (a drone, a percussive sound) into complex rhythmic structures, meshes of organic textures, lush harmonic mille-feuilles, liquid and resonant effects.

The Tapographic Delay is an expressive experimental instrument meant to be played in real-time, rather than a set-and-forget end-of-chain effect. Interact with it! Experiment! Push it to its limits!

Have you ever gotten tired of the monotonous repetitions that your standard delay pedal/module produced? Have you ever wished for a more complex rhythmic structure than just decaying repetition? If yes, you have come to the right place: the Tapographic Delay is an advanced effect that lets you handle repetition in a completely novel way. It is to a traditional delay what a full rhythmic sequencer (with pattern recall, velocity control, tactile input) is to a simple clock. With the TD, you interactively define the rhythm that the repetitions will follow: a velocity-sensitive sensor allows you to record, edit, modify, and sequence your own arrangements of delays. In a sense, the TD is the converse of the classic Frippertronics sound-on-sound setup popularized by Robert Fripp in the 70's: you don't play the guitar, you play the tape loop!

Basic Features:

• Multi-tap audio delay line with advanced features
• Velocity-sensitive force sensor to tap the delay configurations (tapographies)
• Up to 32 taps, each with its own delay time, amplitude/filter and panning
• Low-pass filter or resonant (pingable) band-pass filter on each tap
• Morphing between delay configurations, with adjustable morph time
• Two different feedback paths: a Repeat toggle and a Feedback knob
• Save and recall up to 24 delay configurations (4 banks of 6 slots each)
• Tapography sequencer with forward, random walk or random directions
• Synchronization to an external clock, with clock divider/multiplier
• Gate output that plays the current rhythm of delays
• Maximum delay time of 174 seconds (almost 3 minutes)
• 16 bits/48kHz with 32 bits floating-point internal processing, 1.3ms software latency
• Mono-in, stereo-out operation

 

Note: This is a used item, and while it is guaranteed to be fully functional it is almost sure to also contain "rack rash" on the mounting holes and have some minor scratches on the panel from use. It will include a ribbon cable, m3 screws, and a box, but not the original box.