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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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