Official effect
Damped comb-style repeat hold that can sustain a looped tail without a separate capture buffer.
The current `Hold Delay` patch is a damped comb loop whose delay length is set by `time`, whose recirculation is set by `feedback`, and whose brightness is controlled by the low-pass damping cutoff under `tone`. It blends that sustained loop against the dry source, so the result behaves more like a stable resonant hold than a discrete record-and-freeze buffer.
Static peaks come from the compiled FAUST preview render. The live scope is drawn from the browser playback output in real time.
How It Works
The current `Hold Delay` patch is a damped comb loop whose delay length is set by `time`, whose recirculation is set by `feedback`, and whose brightness is controlled by the low-pass damping cutoff under `tone`. It blends that sustained loop against the dry source, so the result behaves more like a stable resonant hold than a discrete record-and-freeze buffer.
Signal Path
Preview source: An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the delay core.
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with a 19-sample right-channel delay and slight left/right shelf-EQ offsets before it hits the delay core.
Damped comb-loop hold texture blended against the dry source.
The static waveform and the live player both reflect this compiled signal chain.
These are the currently active controls detected in the FAUST source for this effect.
The generated description is tied to the active helper blocks and routing found in the current DSP.
Controls
Blends between the dry source and the processed delay texture after the effect core.
Lower settings stay more direct; higher settings move the patch toward the effected repeat field.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the actual delay structure.
Sets the delay length of the damped comb loop.
Moves the held texture from tighter resonance to longer looping space.
Raises the recirculation coefficient of the comb loop.
Makes the held tail sustain longer and build more intensity.
Raises the low-pass damping cutoff inside the loop.
Makes the held repeats darker or brighter.
Analysis
Current implementation is a damped comb hold rather than a discrete capture-and-freeze buffer.
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
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Each effect page uses the same generated description pipeline and compiled waveform preview assets.