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1. Getting up and running with Baby Audio’s Baby Comeback CM

1 You’ll find the installers for Baby Audio’s Baby Comeback CM on this month’s DVD, or at the following address: https://babyaud.io/baby-comeback-cm (where the latest Logic 10.5 update can be found). It runs as a normal plugin in most DAWs, so drag either version onto your computer and unpack it.

2 Double-clicking on it should install it without any issues into the correct location (ie your plugins folder). As ever, there’s a caveat that it might not, but you’ll soon find out when your DAW either does, or doesn’t pick it up. If not, do a search for the plugin and put it in the correct folder.

3 Ours installed perfectly on a Mac and within seconds we had it up and running in the shiny, all-new version of Logic 10.5! (Download the latest version from babyaud.io for a more stable Logic 10.5 experience.) Load yourself up a simple sound, like a bass note or piano, strap yourself in as we’re going to take a tour of Baby Comeback CM.

4 We’ve switched over to Live to delve deeper with Baby Comeback CM. First play your simple sound through the plugin on the straight setting. As you adjust the Time dial from 1/64 to 1/1, the delays become more noticeable and obvious, going from an almost slapback delay to a defined echo effect.

5 Now set the time to 1/16 as shown, and take the Feedback down to the level shown. This will allow you to hear the raw delays better. Select between the Straight, Dotted and Triplet options. On 1/16 you can clearly hear how the rhythm of the delay is affected by changing the mode.

6 Now we’ve selected Free Mode where you can input any value as a delay time. Double-click on the main screen, as we have done here, to an input and value you like. You can input any value between 0.01 and 2500ms.

7 Now revert back to one of the BPMsynced modes of Straight, Triplet or Dotted. The Time value should be as was. Now hit the Ping Pong option to hear the delay bounce around more in the stereo field. Nice eh?

8 Now we’re going to quickly show the Feedback dial-in operation. This controls the amount of delayed signal fed back to the signal path, and at maximum will quickly overpower the sound – or at least it will stay delaying long after you press stop! In order to stop what might sound like an eternal delay, simply reduce the Feedback back to zero.