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Good Uses For Two Delays?


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Hey, I now have two great delays a, Nova and DD20, I didn't buy them to have two, but wound up with two. With that said, I know others actually do some great stuff with two delays, and my knowledge of how to apply a dual delay setup is limited. Would love to hear how some of you use two delays - applications / settings etc...

 

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What i like to do is set two, three, or even sometimes four delays for subtle repeats (about 1/4 of full volume). Then i will set one to eigth notes, one to triplets, and tap one randomly. It makes for an effect to the rhythm of a horse galloping, or like the edge of u2.

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Hey, I now have two great delays a, Nova and DD20, I didn't buy them to have two, but wound up with two. With that said, I know others actually do some great stuff with two delays, and my knowledge of how to apply a dual delay setup is limited. Would love to hear how some of you use two delays - applications / settings etc...


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i tend to set the first delay relatively short with 5 or 6 repeats then the 2nd with one repeat and turn the time knob till you get a rhythm you like.. gallopy horses, off beat stuff etc.. then turn the second delay's repeats up a little.

 

or set your basic delay sound (300-450ms) then add a really long one afterwards (600ms or more) with a pretty low mix and one repeat.. play slow.. sounds lush.

 

or you could run them in parallel so you don't have delayed signal getting delayed again. thats fun too.

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Use one as a delay and the other as a looper.
One short, one long
Different note subdivisions
One to hold a drone and the other to play spacy stuff over the top of the drone
One forwards and the other reverse
One analog-sounding and one digital

Experiment!

Steve

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want some good ideas on how to use two delays? listen to dub music.

 

mad professor, lee perry. masters of delay/echo.

i have some presets on my TF that are blatant mad professor settings, really cool jarring type riddims.

 

also another shoutout to my man mr. battles... for w/o him there would be a very different music scene right now.

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want some good ideas on how to use two delays? listen to dub music.

mad professor, lee perry. masters of delay/echo.
i have some presets on my TF that are blatant mad professor settings, really cool jarring type riddims.
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indeed...

http://dubfoundation.blogspot.com/2007/09/jammys-sandy-bay-jamaica-1985-tape-rip.html

heres a start..alot of great dub comps on tehse blogs
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yeah man

 

sometimes w/dub, guitar isnt effected much - serves as more of a timekeeper/snare drum... that doesnt mean that you shouldnt listen to whats goin on in the rest of the song.

 

dub is notorious for using heavy delay on vocals, snare drum... i wish more people gave it a chance.

 

, also using the rhythmic aspects of dub-style delays gives you a different way to play in the space that your instrument should occupy... you'll find yourself playing less and letting the rest of the ensemble breathe more.

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Good thread. I've got just the one delay, but there's a guy selling a Boss DM-3 for a really decent price in a small ads paper apparently 'as new', and I've been trying to think of more excuses to go get it. It's a bit cheesy but I love that '3 guitars' sound in that Brian May clip.

However, what would mixing an anlogue and analogue/digital delay sound like?

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