Hey, Bill. I just ordered a DD-500 at least in part to the strength of your great videos (great as usual!), so many thanks there! Yes, I'm certainly planning on using the onboard looper for "special" parts every now and then, but I was wondering if, when one _disengages_ the looper, are there still trails etc.available -or- does the loop simply stop cold? (I would think that a sudden stop might be somewhat jarring, especially in ambient music such as yours.) Also, with the loop running, can you still turn on and off two simultaneous delays (when set to that mode)? Sorry for all the questions, but your great demo was simply leading my imagination on to other ideas. Thanks so much again!
I always wondered how you avoid the click sound when the looper jumps from end to beginning of the loop. Finally I came across this video of yours, and learned the trick is to record/overdub the drone longer than the loop itself... it surely feels good to finally figure something out. Thank you!
Yes, there's not a seamless split it seems, but it's dependent of which type of delay you really have got. There's trails in the delay, but I do this instead: I record FIRST and completely empty loop that runs for almost the whole minute or 120 seconds. Completely silent. Then just press "overdub" and overdub the silent loop with delays, then with it turns around the delays doesn't gets chopped off as they are "overdubbed" again to the first part. You have to know the start and stop points of the silent loop, and then press "just around" the recording point, and then press "just around" the stop point. Then it's no risk of running out of time, or that the delays gets chopped off. No click is heard at any place. I've even found a way to play/record with the looper with a certain select delay, and then solo on top of that with a completely different delay, so you're not bound to the delays of the recorded looper sounds. You have to use external exp pedals or footswitches for this though. You do have to stay within the same A/B patches and use A/B simul mode.
@@MatsOrbation Maybe I just have a really shit looper (just the hold function on a Boss DD-7), but it's way easier than that. Just make a silent loop and overdub for longer than that (I like to count to four seconds), it'll automatically wrap back around with no cut. Of course, a looper that allows recording overdubs of different lengths won't work that way...
Chords of Orian, Very informative and good presentation. I have been looping and recording and playing what we called "background" music since about 2000 or so when I got a Boomerang pedal which I still use. Your sequence of set up regarding the effects is not dissimilar to what I have done. I now am using a Boss ME80 and actually get great sounds out of it. What I get from you is an explanation of what and why you are using the pedal effect and it brings things in focus and gives me some ideas, new as well as giving me ground to understand intellectually what I was doing intuitively. Thank you very much, Greg
I use Tera-Echo on my Boss GT-1 so much while recording, I have to buy one for the live-board ... if I can ever rehearse with other people again 😷 Great demo/playing. ☮️
Thank you so much Bill, for this fantastic video. Really like the way you're sliding left, right and back, revealing the correct set of pedals on the background :)
Hello my friend, love your videos! Might I ask some advice please? I have 3 delays on my board at the moment and I'm trying to get an all in one instead. I'm a delay junkie. Lol I have a Boss dd5 that's on all the time, just to wet things up, a Bbe two timer for true analog and the 2 presets and the Boss Dd-20, which I absolutely love! I have however been thinking the Boss Dd-500 could cover everything. It has everything I would need, but the sounds are just not musical to me(at least in RU-vid videos) as compared to my Dd20. I'm also looking at the Nemesis, which is very musical, but it won't do everything I need in one pedal. Is there any other delay I should be looking at or go for the Dd-500? What is your advice and opinion?
So you want to run multiple delays at the same time? If so, the TC Electronic Flashback Triple Delay is worth considering, as it has 3 discrete delay lines that can be combined in serial or parallel. As you have observed, the DD-500 is also a great choice for running multiple delays. Just be sure that the firmware is upgraded to V2.
Did you run two delays simultaneously without using the 3rd footswitch (C)? Is that a new feature brought about by the upgraded firmware? Because as far as I know, the way to run two delays simultaneously is to set it so that the C activates both A & B. From your video, it seemed like both delays ran together, but the C still controlled the tap tempo. Is this the case? Or, is this just how the Dual mode runs? I'm sorry, I bought a DD500 weeks ago and I still haven't found the time to just sit down and noodle with it.
I generally prefer the volume pedal after any compressors and distortions so the volume does not affect either gain or compression level. I have a video comparing volume pedal placement in case you are interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jsuKmAJo3Qc.html
So essentially 4 delays. DUAL is 2 delays at once and then using A/B SIMUL feature thats 1 more, and finally using the TERRA ECHO pedal is 1 so 2 + 1 + 1 = 4 delay pedals. Sort of.
I feel like the problem with these pedals is that they distract you from actually getting good at guitar, you have to get good at using the pedals, and they inspire you to play simple stuff a lot of the time, and on top of it, a lot of the time when you come up with something good with the pedals it doesn't sound good without the pedals. Almost like what you wrote wasn't really that good to begin with. I feel this is a trap for most people.
you sprinkle things like these in to enhance your tone or sound but never lean on them for your abilities as a guitarist and side note depends on what your chasing for sound what you are trying to explore or achieve . all your favorite guitarists for the most part have experimented with a pedal or two to achieve a different tonal quality out of their instruments . a trap or a crutch or something that inspires or intimidates some to each their own .
Nope. This a pretty minimal set up for ambient. It's the most gear heavy guitar style by far. At least three delays, two reverbs and several loopers are common.
