When writing a delay line with delwrite~ and delread~, what is the delwrite value for? Is it essentially the buffer size.

I.e. In the following example, would that be a delay of buffer size 1000, with a delay time of 500ms?

Input
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delwrite~ 1000

delread~ 500
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Output

@Beanz said:

I.e. In the following example, would that be a delay of buffer size 1000, with a delay time of 500ms?

Yes.

The delwrite argument initialises the buffer with a maximum delay value. In the example above, you've created a buffer length 1000ms, and the delread reads/taps/outputs from an index 500ms along the buffer.

Hope that makes sense? Read puckette's book on delay lines if you want any more meaty information.