Bryan Green

Hi-- I'm a gen~ beginner, and built the attached patch based on the gen~ delay tutorial videos on cycling74.com.

However-- the audio being sent through my gen~ is not being affected at all; could someone help me figure out what horrible mistake I've made? I've compared it to the tutorial gen~ patch over and over and don't know what wrong with it...

However-- the audio being sent through my gen~ is not being affected at all; could someone help me figure out what horrible mistake I've made?  I've compared it to the tutorial gen~ patch over and over and don't know what wrong with it...

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It definitely works here. Gives me a roughly 1 second delay that slooowly decays.

Hmm...after closing Max and re-opening it, I'm now hearing the delay when I run audio through the gen~... However-- now I can't figure how to control the feedback decqy...it goes on forever!

that's because the 'damp' parameter initialises at 0.25, which is very low. A value of 0. means no damping (infinite feedback) and a value of 1. means no feedback. And this scale is non-linear, so you'll have to enforce a curve function when passing the 'damp $1' message to gen. Other curves are available.

Hi
that's because the 'damp' parameter initialises at 0.25, which is very low. A value of 0. means no damping (infinite feedback) and a value of 1. means no feedback. And this scale is non-linear, so you'll have to enforce a curve function when passing the 'damp $1' message to gen. Other curves are available.

. . . . incidentally, the {mix] object for wetdry takes a linear function, as it is simply mixing the two signals, but the [mix] object in the feedback loop acts as a one-pole low-pass filter, that progressively trims the higher frequency content from the audio spectrum, which is why the mix parameter here (damp) has to be non-linear . . .

This algorithm *might* be more intuitive:

Thanks, Brendan! Great information-- I really appreciate the help!

Help With gen~ Delays