Good Delay box for singing?

[Ovationman]

Whats a good delay for singing? I want to some light delays when im live on stage. I was thinking of getting a Boss D-6 but im not sure. Is that just for guitars or would it work just the same? Thanks

 

Eric

[Lanefair]

You want a good sound guy not a good delay! Failing that, I would have thought any digital delay would sound good. I don't think analogue delays would sound right.

[JDandCoke]

if you are looking at the DD6 then id recommend the DD3...

 

sounds silly but the DD6 just has longer delay times, and more features like reverse delay which you are probably not going to need.

[Ovationman]

Yeah i was thinking about the DD3. Can i hold the delay with that? Is there something better out there?

[JDandCoke]

 

Originally posted by Ovationman Yeah i was thinking about the DD3. Can i hold the delay with that? Is there something better out there?

 

 

you mean like loop samples?

[agentcooper2001]

i've used a dd-3 for singing and patched it into the mixers effects loop. It sounded great. I don't trust sound guys to work vocal effects for me. They have no clue what songs we're going to play and how i want my vocals to sound.

[k bollox]

we switched from a memory man to using a Dan-echo. The singer likes it much better. It does freak out sound guys now and then.....

[Wilbo26]

Screw the Boss compact delays. Overpriced. Get a DE-7. That would work great for subtle vocal delays in its echo setting.

 

Or the Digitech Digidelay's tape setting would be awesome.

 

The Deluxe Memory Man would work great for that but no reason to spend that kind of money for what you're trying to do.

[agentcooper2001]

i've got a de-7 too. I think you're right; it would probably sound great on the echo setting. I'll have to give that a try.

[fearofnightmare]

I saw DeVotchKa recently, and the singer ran one of these:

 

 

into this:

 

 

then into this:

 

 

Then mic'd to the PA.

 

It sounded pretty cool.

[Ovationman]

So what do you think is better the D-7 or the DD-6? The sound im going for is like the singer from OAR, he does alot of echoing and his live stuff is great.

[agentcooper2001]

i say go for the ibanez de-7. that way, you can get a nice ambient echo or if you would prefer, clean repeats. And, it's cheaper than the DD-6.

[Ovationman]

Yeah im looking for some light delays nothing to major so if i say something like "Yeah" it will echo out for a second or 2 and we be jamming

[Wilbo26]

 

Originally posted by Ovationman Yeah im looking for some light delays nothing to major so if i say something like "Yeah" it will echo out for a second or 2 and we be jamming

 

 

DE-7. I had a DD-6 and its a fine delay but WAY overpriced considering how it sounds, and the DE-7 just kills it tone wise. They pop up for as low as $30 shipped on Ebay.

[L6Sguy]

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i gotta side with this.

[can't remember]

 

Originally posted by Ovationman Whats a good delay for singing? I want to some light delays when im live on stage. I was thinking of getting a Boss D-6 but im not sure. Is that just for guitars or would it work just the same? Thanks Eric

 

 

Perry Farrell used to run into a Ibanez DM1000 for vocals. Might be a lot more than what you want...but just throwing it out there.

[Phil O'Keefe]

Personally, for vocal delays, I'd recommend a rack unit. Why? Interfacing and impedance and level matching. Stomp boxes are not designed for line level inputs, and that's what you're going to get when you feed it signal from an aux send on a mixing board. Something like a TC M300 or Lexicon MX200 would be fine - around $200 though.

 

Of course, you CAN use a stompbox for delays on a vocal, but IMO, a rack unit is better suited to the task.

[Ovationman]

I think im going to try the ibanez de-7. What do you thinK?

[ollenorin]

im gonna let my singer try a tape-echo.....that must sound cool.

 

[L6Sguy]

 

Originally posted by Ovationman I think im going to try the ibanez de-7. What do you thinK?

 

 

 

 

how exactly do you plan on having this thing set up?

[Ovationman]

To be honest im not really sure. Any suggestions

[dragonattack]

Your best bet is the digitech vocalist. Both singers that consecutively sang in our band purchased them under my recommendation. They are easy to use, super flexable, and complete control with a whammy type pedal to assign to whatever fx you want to use. Also the higher up model can be hooked to your computer and recorded with etc...i believe the basic model runs $200 which is still here in my band barn has, stereo outputs, headphone outs, eq, various preamp options, a slew of fx, delays, reverbs, compression, gate(very helpful for controlling feedback). Cant say enough, i wouldnt trust a soundman one bit, they have no clue when you want to emphasize a delay or anything, would be like expecting a soundman to have your guitar fx back at the board and know when to play the wah for you...........i guess if you were pink floyd they'd learn to do that $$$$$

 

Scott

www.SailfinDragon.com

[TheAtomicJeff]

 

Originally posted by Phil O'Keefe Why? Interfacing and impedance and level matching. Stomp boxes are not designed for line level inputs, and that's what you're going to get when you feed it signal from an aux send on a mixing board.

 

Phil,

Would there be a relatively inexpensive gizmo one could place between the mic and the delay (or somewhere else in the chain) to compensate for the line level input without going the rack route?

 

Just curious.

[bleepedybloops]

This should do it, I think.

http://www.zzounds.com/item--AUTCP8201

[Ovationman]

Good stuff