Amplitude X-Time delay: Long noodle (& BPM rant)

video upload by Richard DeHove

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"I wanted a delay that I could control by manually setting a BPM rate. I have plenty of rate-knob delays, tap tempos delays and a a MIDI-clock controlled delay. But there's nothing like a full workstation-style delay where you can dial in a BPM rate. Unfortunately the X-Time isn't it. I was astonished to discover (and have confirmed by their support people) that you can display BPM. The options are millseconds or time divisions of either a global set BPM or incoming clock.

That means the primary reason I bought this machine is lost. Of course the obvious answer is that I should have done my research a bit better. OTOH every complex workstation-style delay I've ever heard of can display BPM. Weird. Maybe it'll be addressed in an update.

In the meantime I thought there was still some value in watching a noob flub about with the different modes and also butchering some presets.

In short, this is not a performance machine, it's a preset machine. Craft your sound, store it, then recall it.
If delays were people then the Erica Synths Zen delay would be your wild but happy friend; the X-Time would be the grumpy uncle who works at Microsoft."

0:00 BPM rant
0:35 Other delays
1:14 Still BPM ranting
2:45 Random noodling
5:30 Clock sync mode
7:04 Mode: Vintage Tape
7:40 Mode: Mod Tape
7:57 Mode: Analog
8:45 Mode: Digital
9:40 Mode: Ping Pong
11:58 Mode: Pattern
12:18 Mode: Dual
13:30 Mode: Reverse
14:40 Mode: Rev Pong
15:15 Mode: Swell
15:38 Mode: Duck
15:47 Mode: Pitch
16:40 Mode: Harm
17:13 Mode: Dirty (user error?)
19:13 Mode: Slapback
19:32 Mode: Arctic
21:20 Preset: Space Echo
22:08 Preset: Old Tape
22:30 Preset: Groovy
23:25 Preset: Wet Lush
24:02 Preset: Sub Zero
25:20 Preset: Tape Delay
25:55 Preset: Wow Tape
26:22 Preset: New Tape
27:00 Preset: Dark Echo
28:09 Preser: Tny-Anlg
30:25 Preset: Saturate
32:10 Preset: Hi-Fi
32:57 Preset: Dblr-Dly
33:15 Preset: L-R Pong
33:41 Preset: Pttrn 1
33:55 Preset: Pttrn 2
34:12 Preset: Shrt Swll
34:40 Preset: Long Swell"

I'm guessing Amplitude instead of Amplitube in the title was on purpose?