diff --git a/Sound/Tidal/Dirt.hs b/Sound/Tidal/Dirt.hs
--- a/Sound/Tidal/Dirt.hs
+++ b/Sound/Tidal/Dirt.hs
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@
                             F "shape" (Just 0),
                             I "kriole" (Just 0),
                             F "gain" (Just 1),
-                            I "cut" (Just (0))
+                            I "cut" (Just (0)),
+                            F "delay" (Just (0)),
+                            F "delaytime" (Just (0)),
+                            F "delayfeedback" (Just (0))
                           ],
                  timestamp = True
                 }
@@ -105,6 +108,10 @@
 accellerate  = makeF dirt "accellerate"
 shape        = makeF dirt "shape"
 gain         = makeF dirt "gain"
+delay        = makeF dirt "delay"
+delaytime    = makeF dirt "delaytime"
+delayfeedback = makeF dirt "delayfeedback"
+
 
 cut :: Pattern Int -> OscPattern
 cut = makeI dirt "cut"
diff --git a/Sound/Tidal/Parse.hs b/Sound/Tidal/Parse.hs
--- a/Sound/Tidal/Parse.hs
+++ b/Sound/Tidal/Parse.hs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         scale (ps@((n,_):_)) = map (\(n',p) -> density (fromIntegral n/ fromIntegral n') p) ps
 
 pString :: Parser (String)
-pString = many1 (letter <|> oneOf "0123456789/:") <?> "string"
+pString = many1 (letter <|> oneOf "0123456789:") <?> "string"
 
 pVocable :: Parser (Pattern String)
 pVocable = do v <- pString
diff --git a/doc/tidal.md b/doc/tidal.md
--- a/doc/tidal.md
+++ b/doc/tidal.md
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 Feel free to ask questions and share problems and success stories on
 the mailing list.
 
+Tidal is currently only usable within the emacs editor, as installed
+via the above instructions. Emacs is a long-lived and rather complex
+beast. If you're new to emacs, you can bring up a tutorial by pressing
+`ctrl-h`, and then `t`.
+
 # Sequences
 
 Tidal starts with nine connections to the dirt synthesiser, named from
diff --git a/tidal.cabal b/tidal.cabal
--- a/tidal.cabal
+++ b/tidal.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                tidal
-version:             0.3.1
+version:             0.3.2
 synopsis:            Pattern language for improvised music
 -- description:         
 homepage:            http://yaxu.org/tidal/
