Re: Seeking Cross Delay...

[lance glover <baumhaus@earthlink.net>]

Dpcoffin@aol.com wrote:

> My ennui has been eleviated recently by playing with a charming delay 
>mode on
> my VG-8 that I have totally failed to find emulated anywhere else in my 
>FX
> arsenal---which is surprising, since most of my other gear has a delay 
>mode
> that is called something similar to what the V calls it: Cross (or Cross
> Feedback) Delay. On the V, you set up a main delay and a right or left 
>delay
> with different times, so you get a sort of rhythm, such as 372ms and 
>596ms.
> The cool part is that the repeats (with a high feedback) come back like 
>this:
> 
>*.............*.....*.............*.............*.....*.............*.........
> ....*.....*.............*.............*....*, etc.
> On every other device I have that claims to do "cross delay," the full 
>pattern
> is maintained only on the first go-round:
> 
>*.............*.....*.............*.....*.............*.....*.............*...
> ..*, etc.,
> which is obviousy more boring. Does anyone know of a delay that will 
>duplicate
> the VG version  of Cross Delay, but with a longer max time than 1000ms?
> I was certain my Korg DL8000R would do the trick, but no...
> It's a delightful way to build complex rhythms quickly from very sparse
> events; appreciate any clues...
> dpc



you've piqued my interest, mate. i know a number of patches made their way 
to the
roland VS880 from the VG8. i'll do a little pecking around on the '880 
tonight to
see if i can't replicate what you've found.

thanks for the tip,

lance g.