depending on what reverb you're using, try filtering off all of the low end. A high pass at around 300 Hz makes all the difference when trying to make reverb sit where it should.
one of the most mind blowing things I learned while studying sound design is that most effects (reverb, flanger, phaser, doubler, dimension) are just different forms of delay with eq’s/lfo’s/panning
just look at the history of reverb and you will see it simply technological limitations that defined the difference in the past. I've always liked modern delay better than reverb, for the exact reasons you stated, as it offers more control.
The behringer fx600 guitar pedal has delay, flanger, chorus, phaser, octave, tremolo and whike playing around with the settings I realised they all sounded very very similar, as if they were different settings on the same board... which they are!
I use a 17ms delay and pan my signal left and right to simulate two guitarists playing the same thing. Works incredibly well when playing live and one guitarist drops out for a solo. As people mentioned below, I should have added that they are EQd just differently enough to sound similar while avoiding phase cancellation.
@Alex Sharp Ah gotcha, its probably extremely easy with Axe effects. With my DL4 I suppose I would have to have it in a seperate chain to get the same effect?
@@Yourbankaccount Regular double tracking will always create a more realistic sense of width and thickness than a "delay-double" can. Because it has natural inconsistencies between tracks, which both sounds more real and doesnt present any real chance of phase issues while mixing. If you are panning the delay and original signal differently(i probably would) then your creating a haas effect. Which will cause a consistent, and probably noticable, phase interference when played back on a mono system. (Like a phone, or bluetooth speaker, or at the club) Basically double tracking sounds more natural? And doesnt present any chance for any noticable phase interference in the mix. The delay double sounds more like you are a very reflective room. And not as much like two guitars playing? They are both useful tools to make your guitar sound bigger.... but they're just different :D One may work better than the other depending on the vibe of the song your working on... But in that case they wouldnt be interchangable. Hehe But that's not to say that doing the delay double isnt cool, but i wouldnt consider them interchangeable from a mixing perspective. I do enjoy the delay-double(slap-back delay?) effect as well! Maybe im being too anal about this? XD
Awesome tip. Been playing 25 years and still feel like a noob. That’s a clever way of mimicking a vintage amp with that grit/break-up on tap. Love it. Subscribed
never thought of a short delay before.. wow --- yes - i second "the most informative video" sentiment --- in the history of youtube and possibly music history... i never knew the knob can physically go below 1 oclock... absolute game changer.
Love the short delay in my DD7 love how weird it gets. Also like using short delay with drums cause if done right it sound like there's more drums than there actually is. Like a galloping
I use always a 40ms delay if a stereo patch, in one channel to open the sound, kinda have 2 guitars/guitarists playing same. Other application is with a harmonist/harmonizer, to make the harmony more natural, not so blended to the base note/organ sound feel.
When I used to play professionally back in the 80's I only used reverb on stage and no matter what when I heard myself played back from a recording, I always sounded dead. I discovered that a short repeat delay made the difference. I then went from sounding dead to fantastic full, and professional sound. I believe Robben Ford has also said he ALWAYS uses a short delay...ALWAYS!
I always go in between: what you consider short in the video (around 300ms) is what i consider a long delay time actually. And 40ms is way too short to me, and doesn't even sound like delay rather a doubler like you mention. I like to go from 80ms to 200ms with some decent feedback as well
I have seen a trick where you add a VST delay while multitracking but not being a fraction of the given BPM, and it really beefs up the sound. Tracks 3 and 4 really benefit from that trick.
Cool content. I actually discovered this wonderful sound/tone maybe 3yrs ago just playing around and I use it quite frequently, just with my Marshall cranked up high with a little short delay. Wonder lead sound but I've also have written some solid riffs with it as well. Helps with the harmonics. Nice work in your presentation, gives a great " image " on the sound and how it exactly works.
The trick is to “up pick” every note with a fast delay, listen to Big Sur Moon by Buckethead and you’ll see what I mean. Makes everything sound so much cooler
Me, a synth guy: wait, is this a guitarist thing? Not having tried to make delay sound like you're playing when on the crapper. I can only wholeheartedly support this great guy encouraging experimenting with those knobs intensively. There are treasures hidden in most of the corners round knobs make.
I always have my delay set to the same setting every time using Paul Gilbert’s method. He says to imagine the end of Van Halen’s “Hang ‘Em High” where he hits a chord and it’s a very short delay with about 2-3 repeats. That’s always a sweet spot for me
if any pedals are ping pong or even better have delay times for the left and right channel, if you leave about 10ms between the left and the right channel you can widen the stereo image of that doubling effect
John Petrucci famously runs a stereo rig with a 7ms delay on one side, running fully wet blend with no original signal in the delay. Great way to fill some space 👍🏼
sometimes I feel guilty using my delay pedal like this, but it does add something really special at the end of the chain and it’s an always on effect for me.
Sounds like natural the sound from the amp, you can record with that little bit of delay and make an ambiance that the you're in a room hearing somebody playing in real time
I use a carolyine megabyte it's a weird lo fi delay with a preamp to distort the delay, if you set it to slap back timing just right it sounds like a fat double track
A great trick to try and recreate the famous Randy Rhoads tone. Although Randy would actually double his guitar in Ozzy’s tracks, this is a great way to cut the effort in half and get the same results! Have fun!
It would be nice if a delay had a random option, between x and y millisecs, but without that pitch shifting that occurs when you change the speed. This would allow a random slap back that would sound closer to a really doubled guitar.
You could modulate it a millisecond or three, but then you get chorus kinda. I guess the various doubling pedals do something along those lines.... but I think the really short delay and the doubled guitar are two different things. Cheers!
Nope. Chorus is when you split the signal, then treat one half to a short delay, say 20ms, then modulate that delay time very slightly to give vibrato. Mix that with the other half of the signal which is uneffected….. that’s chorus. Cheers!
