Delay Flashcards
Delay Knob represents what?
The difference between the original signal and the delayed signal.
Should we use tempo sync and why or why not?
No. Slightly off beat is better and helps create rhythms that are important in Techno and Tech House. Out of time increments sound better to our ears.
Using non tempo based delay helps what?
Train your ears.
Feedback does what?
Determines the amount of signal fed back into the input and controls the number of delays that occur.
We should generally set the delay so that it what?
The feedback dies away before the next hit.
Delay on AUX channel should be set to what?
100% wet.
Delay output knob can often be used to add what to a signal?
Distortion and saturation.
Ping Pong Delay is what?
Delay that alternates between the left and right of the spectrum. Left channel is ping. Right channel is pong.
With Ping Pong delay we set the ms different to what?
Create the delay.
If ping is at 300ms and pong is at 150ms then pong sounds when?
150 after pings 300ms after the original signal. So 450 after the original signal.
Is ping fed into pong?
Yes
Pong occurs a set number of ms after what? These are known as what?
- Ping
2. Taps
List the three different types of taps.
- Single delay
- Ping Pong
- Multitap
Order to set up delay:
- Set delay time
- Set feedback
- Set balance
- Set output
Long Delay delay time should be set to
Around 60-70ms
How far from a surface do we need to be to hear an echo?
60 feet away.
The further sound has to travel the what?
More the frequencies will be attenuated.
We can roughly interpret how far we are from a sound source using what?
The High and low frequencies in comparison to the midrange frequencies.
To simulate real acoustic scenarios we should attenuate what?
Gain and frequency range.
To simulate real acoustic scenarios we should EQ what?
The highs and lows.
Diffusion is what?
Slight blurring of the transient after some of the low and high frequencies are attenuated.
How can we create a more natural sounding delay with depth?
By cutting the lows and highs and possibly boosting the Mids slightly. Then add diffusion.
Delay that occurs on top of other percussive instruments results in what?
A loss of contrast.
Frequency masking is what?
When a signal is overlaid over the masker. The frequencies merge and result in a different timbre. The sounds are different in isolation than in the mix.