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...:=\*%@@ delay  delay  d.la@  @ *a.  : .@   =   : @@%*\=:...
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........:= "delay" means repetiton or likewise,     =:........
.........: but it's mainly useless without          :.........
........:= feedback,                                =:........
.......:=\ to allow the delay to eat of it's own    \=:.......
......:=\* tail, like one of those eaty serpents.   *\=:......
.....:=\*% thus: it's the serpent effect!           %*\=:.....
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...:=\*%@@ it's to be revered as a creator of       @@%*\=:...
..:=\*%@@# ambience and of space, if you treat it   #@@%*\=:..
.:=\*%@@## right. a somewhat more solid and         ##@@%*\=:.
..:=\*%@@# slippery sibling of reverb.              #@@%*\=:..
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