Ping Pong Delay vs. Criss Cross Delay
Let’s float back to the Pattern section, which features the aforementioned Sequence and Dual. Dual is a more traditional delay type that contains four different routing options, Stereo In, Mono In, Ping Pong and Criss Cross. Mono In and Stereo In are self-explanatory, and you may be familiar with Ping Pong, which sums the Left and Right channels and feeds them into the Left Delay channel and then into the Right Delay channel and then back into the Left Delay channel to get that bouncing effect. (See the Delay Flow Chart above. —Ed.)
Criss Cross is a variation of Ping Pong that doesn’t sum the two signals before sending it into the delay engine. Both channel information is kept separate as it’s fed into the Left Delay channel and Right Delay channel, but then they feed their delayed outputs into each other undulating back and forth after each repetition. Depending on the delay algorithm, Criss Cross can get watery and psychedelic, and dialing up the diffusion will give your material a sweet dispensary haze, providing a nice flavor to your loops or synth stabs.
