Penetrator & EchoBlade
Did you ever notice how a single, well-timed footstep can make or break a silent run? I’ve been trying to design a low‑profile audio signature that blends into the background noise of an operation. It could use some of those old analog delays you hoard. How do you think we could tweak that to stay under the radar?
Yeah, I’ve got a stack of those old analog delay units I keep in my basement. For a low‑profile signature, keep the delay time short—about 50 to 80 ms—so it feels like a natural echo of the footstep, not a separate sound. Set the feedback low, maybe 10–15 %, and mix the wet channel down to a whisper, around 5–8 %. Then run that through a mild low‑pass to cut the high frequencies that would stand out in a quiet environment. A touch of tape saturation will round out the edges and blend it with the ambient hiss. If you want to keep it truly under the radar, add a tiny random jitter to the delay time so the repeat never repeats exactly. That keeps the rhythm intact but makes it sound like a single, perfectly timed footstep.