During this year’s Tokyo Festival of Modular, 4ms launched two new products. The biggest new release for this show was the new Tapographic Delay that is a complex multi-tap delay specially designed for live performances. It allows to create drone but also very experimental rhythmic structures. The sequence feature is a super exciting in my opinion because it allows musicians to go very crazy. You can save in each step a delay configuration and than sequence it. Every knob is also CV controllable what gives you even more sound options.
The Tapographic Delay 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.
Have you ever got 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!
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!
Check out my video from Tokyo Festival of Modular where Dan Green presented me the module with some additional sound demos.
The 4ms Tapographic Delay will be available in December for a price of $415 USD.
More information here: 4ms Tapographic Delay
(Big Thanks to 4ms to supporting the coverage of this year’s Tokyo Festival of Modular)
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