Soundtoys
EchoBoy Jr.
Provides a streamlined character delay with seven echo styles, tempo-based or millisecond timing, stereo and ping-pong modes, and controllable pitch glides when delay time changes.
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The Overview
EchoBoy Jr. keeps the tone-shaping side of EchoBoy accessible without its larger mode-specific and Style Edit panels. One main delay time, a feedback control, and seven selected Styles cover clean-to-colored repeats, while the stereo-mode buttons determine whether the echo stays centered, spreads wider, or alternates between sides.
The Styles are not just preset EQ curves. Their saturation, modulation, bandwidth, and repeat behavior differ, so the same timing can become a restrained studio-tape echo, a darker pedal-like repeat, or an ambient wash. Low Cut, High Cut, and Saturation then adapt that character to the track.
Glide is especially useful when performing or automating the delay. Enabled, time changes create the pitch movement associated with changing analog delay speed; disabled, timing can be adjusted without that pitch shift. Establish timing and stereo mode first, choose a Style in the mix, and then increase feedback cautiously. It is a focused alternative to EchoBoy when custom tap sequencing and deep circuit editing are unnecessary.
Manual, The Basics, p. 5; The EchoBoy Jr. Control Panel, pp. 6–10.
The Controls
Timing and repetition
Echo Time sets the delay with its knob, numerical display, or selection arrows. Time uses milliseconds; Note / Dot / Trip select straight, dotted, or triplet note values and follow the DAW tempo. The documented musical values run from half notes to sixty-fourth notes.
Feedback returns delayed sound to the input for more repeats. Its behavior depends on the chosen Style and can become self-oscillating. Keep the return level conservative before exploring high feedback, especially when changing Style or Saturation.
Stereo behavior and time changes
- Normal produces a centered, relatively narrow repeat.
- Wide offsets the left and right timing slightly for a wider image.
- Ping Pong alternates successive repeats between output channels.
- Glide enables pitch shifting as delay time changes. Turn it off for timing adjustments that should not bend the echoes; turn it on for deliberate sweeps and note-division jumps.
Echo character
Style selects Studio Tape, Plex, Space, Cheap Tape, Memory, Ambient, or Transmitter. Studio Tape is a restrained tape-based starting point; Memory emphasizes a lower-bandwidth modulated pedal character; Ambient combines diffusion and distortion; Transmitter is more resonant and mid-focused. Audition the others for distinct tape-echo coloration rather than assuming the same filters will sound identical in every Style.
Saturation changes the selected Style's compression and distortion. Low Cut / High Cut remove bass or treble from the echoes, helping keep them behind the source. Their audible response is Style-dependent.
Balance
Mix controls the dry/wet relationship, with an equal balance at noon. Input / Output alter the echo path's level and coloration while leaving the dry signal unchanged. Their meters show available headroom; check them after increasing saturation or feedback. There is no full EchoBoy Rhythm Echo or Style Edit panel in this edition.
Manual, Mix/Echo Time, p. 6; Feedback and Note/Dot/Trip, p. 7; Styles, Glide, and Stereo Mode, pp. 8–9; Saturation and Input/Output, p. 10.