HEMIOLA
( heh · mee · OH · lah )
TWO PULSES, ONE HANDED TO THE NEXT
A two-voice delay where every repeat can spawn its own echoes; interlocked, cascaded, or scattered free.
CAESURA · v0.4.1 · Hemi
IThe Idea
A hemiola is the rhythmic illusion of two pulses overlaid; three felt against two; the moment a groove tips and reorganizes itself. This delay lives in that tension. A main repeat and a follower voice trade the beat back and forth, and MODE decides the geometry: WEAVE interlocks them on one line; CASCADE turns the follower into a delay on the delay, so every repeat sprouts its own sub-echoes; RND on the RATIO knob cuts the follower loose from the grid entirely, scattering it in free time. The signature UNDERTOW knob is the hand-off itself: it fades the main repeat early so the follower lingers and carries on, like a wave pulling back as the next one rises. Flick OCT and the follower answers an octave above or below; two voices you can always tell apart.
IIThe Controls
- TIME
- Main delay time. With SYNC on, it locks to a host note division.
- RATIO
- Snaps the follower to a musical ratio of the main; dotted-8th, triplet, half; or RND at the top: free random timing, no rules.
- UNDERTOW
- The hand-off. 0 = single delay; mid = interlocking groove; max = the follower becomes a sustaining wash.
- FEEDBACK
- How many repeats. The loop is sum-limited just below runaway, so every tail ends.
- FILTER
- Tone of the repeats; darker below noon, brighter above.
- MIX
- Wet amount over your dry signal.
IIISwitches & Footswitches
- MODE (3-way)
- SINGLE = one clean delay · WEAVE = the parallel interlock · CASCADE = the follower delays each repeat (a delay on the delay).
- PACE (3-way)
- Follower speed against the main: HALF, WITH, or DOUBLE.
- OCT (3-way)
- Follower pitch: DOWN an octave, OFF, or UP an octave. Only the follower; the main repeat always sounds like you.
- SYNC (toggle)
- TIME locks to a host tempo division (1/16 up to 1/1).
- BYPASS (footswitch)
- True dry passthrough.
IVStart Here
Spiccato
CASCADE · PACE HALF · OCT UP · RATIO 1:4 · SYNC 1/4
Staccato chords bounce into a rhythm line; sub-dots chiming an octave up.
Quarter Sprout
CASCADE · RATIO triplet, SYNC on
Every quarter-note repeat sprouts triplet sub-echoes.
Scatter
CASCADE · RATIO at RND
Each repeat sprays sub-echoes in free time; dot ... dot dot dot.
Tidal Wash
WEAVE · UNDERTOW max, FEEDBACK high
The follower dissolves into a sustaining tide.