Flashback Delay: Delay time potscaling of different delay types

Question

Do you have any more details on the delay settings for the different delay types on the Flashback?

Answer

Sure.

2290 / Ana / Tape / LoFi / Dyn / Mod / Ping Pong:

Min: 20 ms

9 o'clock: 178 ms

12 o'clock: 570 ms

3 o'clock: 3667 ms

Max: 7000 ms

Slap:

Min: 0 ms

9 o'clock: 38 ms

12 o'clock: 146 ms

3 o'clock: 257 ms

Max: 300 ms

Reverse:

Min: 50 ms

9 o'clock: 177 ms

12 o'clock: 583 ms

3 o'clock: 3645 ms

Max: 7000 ms

The above do not apply to the TonePrints which can vary a great deal, depending on the choices of the artists who made them.

Flashback Delay: FX Level controls overall level when using the looper Question

When the looper is selected the overall signal is controlled by the fx level knob. Why is that?

Answer

This has to do with the analog-dry-through feature and true bypass:

Basically Flashback is never true bypass when you select looper. The reason why, is that we want it to be "armed" and ready to

record as soon as you select the looper. If it was true bypass you'd have to first turn the looper on to active the effect, then turn the

recorder on, to actually start recording. Obviously we couldn't be using one press on the footswitch to do both these actions, so

we'd have to come up with some way of controlling "looper on" AND "record/stop" using to different footswitch "commands" (for

example "press footswitch once to activate looper" and "press and hold to record"), which I hope you'll agree would be very

annoying and not very intuitive.

So the bottom line is that no matter how you set the dip switch on the back of the pedal, Flashback will always be in buffer mode

when you select the looper. If you have Flashback in TB mode, it'll of course automatically jump back to TB when you select one of

the delay types... you should actually be able to hear the relay clicking when you switch between the looper and delays.

The reason why the looper controls the volume of the entire signal in loop mode is because of the analog-dry-through feature. The

FX Level pot is an analog pot that mixes the wet signal with the dry AFTER the wet signal has been converted back to analog. In

other words, we can't do any clever digital trickery to the wet signal (i.e.turn it all the way up when in loop mode), because the pot is

analog. Because the looper is 100% wet and no dry as explained above, this means that the FX level pot controls the overall output

of the entire signal.

Flashback Delay & Flashback Mini Delay: Modifying the tapped tempo Question

When I set my delay time manually and then at some point I use the AudioTap, how can I go back to the setting I adjust manually in

first place? If I turn it on and off by the footswitch, delay time remains working in the tempo I set with the AudioTap and not what I

set manually with delay time knob.

Answer

Indeed, when you bypass the pedal and turn on the effect again it will keep the same delay time previously inputted with audio tap

tempo. You can move the delay knob slightly to get back to the delay time previously set with the knob. The other way to change

delay time will be to input a new Audio Tap tempo.

This FAQ is both for Flashback and Alter Ego Delay and Flashback Mini Delay

Flashback Delay: Sound mutes slowly when audio tapping Question

When using audio tap on my Flashback Delay, it takes around one to two seconds for the sound to be muted, is this normal?

Answer

Yes this is normal, you need to hold the switch for about 2-seconds to go in the audio tap mode with all sounds (direct & effect)

muted.

Flashback Delay: Using it in dual mono mode Question

I use a Flashback delay at the end of my pedal board's signal chain. In the middle of the signal chain, I use an A/B switch to split

the signal to two different amps.

Is it possible to run the Flashback delay in dual mono mode, so that I can use the delay for each of the signals? Obviously, either L

or R input signal will be quiet and the same should apply for the output.

Answer

The Flashback Delay can actually be used as a dual mono unit in the described situation: If both I/O's are connected, and you feed

one side only, you will get an output signal only on the corresponding output.

The drawback is that you cannot run the system in stereo at any moment.