Examples / Techniques / Timbre

pluck-delay

Karplus-flavoured pluck: short envelope + heavy delay + light room. The delay feedback carries the note tail and turns single hits into arpeggios.

Demos/Techniques/Timbre/pluck-delay.strudel · 96 BPM

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// Karplus-flavoured pluck: short envelope + heavy delay + light room.
// The delay feedback carries the note tail and turns single hits into arpeggios.
setbpm(96);

note("a3 e4 a4 c5")
  .s("triangle")
  .attack(0.005)
  .release(0.18)
  .delay(0.6)
  .delaytime(0.375)
  .delayfeedback(0.55)
  .room(0.3)
  .gain(0.45)