i think this one will turn out to be a feature request, but maybe it is already possible. in doubt, i posted this in Ideas/Suggestions.
when you modify the Delay Device L/R Delay slider(s) while the effected (delayed) sound is playing, you will hear the warping/popping/crackling effect, where the delay is being re-calculated - sounds like it’s skipping up, or running after itself. now, since this gives you a nice big omnipotent ‘pop’, this is a lot of times (at least when you want to automate the L/R Delay sliders) not desirable. however, i’ve heard the same effect in plugins and other DAWs as well, so i suppose this can not be any other way because it has to recalculate.
so, i thought i’d be clever and pull a
5F00 (delay device off)
501F (set new left delay time)
5F01 (delay device on)
or a
5400 (delay send = -INF dB)
501F (set new left delay time)
54C2 (delay send = -2.420 dB)
, but that did not work, because, so i figured, the delay buffer is still being filled even when the device is off or the send is low, so when i move the delay device back on or move the delay send back up and the delay feedback is long enough, you will still hear the (delayed & loathed) ‘pop’.
now, if this is indeed the case, or the way it works, wouldn’t it be nice to have some sort of ‘delay buffer reset’ button, like the one the LFO has, where you can just reset the buffer and do the delay switches i am after?
edit: after some more experimentation, i found out that the buffer does clear itself when lowering the delay send to -INF, but it takes about 1,5 seconds (counted, not timed - all remaining sliders at 0). waiting for around that amount of time, then switching the delay device time to another setting, and then immediately after that (next line) cranking the delay send back up, you hear no ‘pop’ anymore.
also, the delay on/off switch is not really useful because it pops of itself already.
