Second, there are Diffusion and Width settings in the Style Editor that create a reverb effect. First, a left/right timing offset can be set in the Tweak window, creating a pseudo-stereo output. Echoboy can create stereo effects from mono inputs in a number of ways. The Tweak window's controls vary with the Mode, but mostly control stereo width, balance and so on. I think I'd prefer a larger plug-in window to accommodate all the controls, but I admire the attempt to come up with a different solution. The floating window is constrained within the boundaries of the main plug-in window, though, which rather spoils the idea, because although you can still access controls on the main panel, many of them get covered up. In Rhythmic mode, Echoboy is a multitap delay offering up to 16 steps, with the ability to store and recall preset rhythm patterns.Some plug-ins use multiple parameter pages, but Sound Toys' are the only ones I've seen that open up new floating windows, in this case when you click the Tweak or Style Edit buttons. Finally, there is a Tweak button that gives you access to some further controls. A High Cut knob rolls off the high frequencies of the wet signal and a switch labelled Prime Numbers is an ingenious addition, which subtly shifts the echoes so that they don't fall in phase with one another, reducing resonant feedback. There is also a Saturation knob, which controls the amount of the current distortion or tape-saturation effect - the type of Saturation effect is determined in the Style settings, of which more later. These settings can reference a manually entered tempo value, or sync to the Session's tempo. Echo Time can be entered in milliseconds or beat divisions, with options for dotted notes and triplets.
The basic Single Mode used for most of the vintage effects has familiar Echo Time, Feedback and Mix knobs. Different sets of controls appear in this section, depending on the Mode you've chosen in the middle section. At The ControlsĮchoboy 's layout is straightforward: it's divided into three sections, with all the main controls you would use to tweak a sound on the left-hand side.
The initial temptation is therefore to think of Echo Farm, and that does a very good job, so what does Echoboy offer that's different? Plenty, as I soon found out.
Echoboy 's advertising emphasises its modelling of classic echo effects, name-checking the Space Echo, TelRay, DM2, Echoplex, Memory Man and so on. After all, there are already some great delay-based plug-ins out there, including Line 6's Echo Farm, PSP's Lexicon PSP42, the Eventide emulations, and Sound Toys' own Sound Blender. I have to admit that when I was asked to look at Sound Toys' Echoboy plug-in, I was sceptical. The former Wave Mechanics team set out to create the ultimate classic echo unit emulator, and ended up with a plug-in that does much more.
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