Re: boss pedals

[ArsOcarina@aol.com]

Jon,

In a message dated 02/22/05 11:14:15, jsouthwood@gmail.com writes:

> What's the maximum delay time for the reverse delay? 

23 seconds -- same as forwards delay. Just don't expect to hear your input
'til 23 second later. It can be a little disconcerting to play and play and play
and only begin to hear the reverse material kick in at the end of the delay 
time that you've dialed in.

> While on the topic of the reverse function, can you set up the two
> delays as you mention (100% feedback of two delays and switching from
> one to the next such that both continue playing) where one of them is
> a reverse delay?

In a word YES.

There are (all told) 5 programmable delay memory slots -- 4 presets plus 
the "live" one -- which you use the pedals to step through in order (one
direction only, no back-tracking). If you set up one to a certain delay 
time and direction and the next slot to another delay time and direction 
(both with 100% feedback) both will play -- but you will only be able to 
ad new material to the second (current and most recent) one. 

The thing to remember is -- as soon as you step to a 3rd program slot 
material in the first one that had been playing will immediately stop. Only
the 2nd and newly created 3rd delays will be heard.

A week or two ago I posted a "tip" about setting delay times up with a
lowest common denominator (like 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16). Pick anything 
you like as long as the highest number doesn't exceed 23 (which is 
unfortunately a prime number -- what were they thinking anyway?).

Here it is:

Suggestion: One of my favorite basic things to do with a DD-20 was to 
set the first delay to 1250 milliseconds, the next to 5 seconds, the one
after that to 10 seconds, the next to 20 seconds -- all with near 100%
regeneration/feedback. The first one lets you set up a 4 count beat for 
the second one -- for a basic rhythmic figure of some sort. The others let
you stretch out and play some longer phrases over that and evolve a bit. 
The 5th and last delay preset slot I set up to a shorter 5- or 10-second 
delay again but with 70-80% feedback so I can "fade out" smoothly and 
naturally . . . or possibly introduce some weird reverse effect or something. 

You can have alternate slots be forward or reverse if you want.
Only 2 delays will play at a time but it is nice to set up short and long 
delays that mathematically sync up. Conceivably, you could do odd 
meters too -- if you're into that sort of thing.

> Incidentally, are the feedback paths of the two delays kept separate
> or when you switch from, say a 3 second delay to a 5 second delay,
> does the material from the 3 second delay feedback at the 5 second
> rate? 

Each of the 5 programs (excluding the first "live" one which is always 
set by what the real positions of the knobs are) can have their own
preset separate feedback, EQ, level and a few other "effect specific" 
settings.

There are some limitations on some FX settings, but largely most of the
delays all max out at the full 23 seconds and can independently have 
whatever feedback setting you want.

Was that what you expected?

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tEd ® kiLLiAn

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