Favorite Delay Settings?

[Shagnwagon]

Trying to find some more settings on my line 6 DL4. What are some of yalls preferred settings for any delay? Thanks in advance.

[StandingWave]

I'm not much of a delay guy, so my smart-ass answer is "off." What was helpful to me was finding a 'recipe' list somewhere for my TC Nova Delay. Maybe someone has a link to something like this for the DL4. If I can find the link for the ND-1 recipes, I'll post it as the settings should be adaptable to some degree.

[kboman]

Two opposite sides of the delay coin to try out:
- mix the delay high (~50-75%) and the feedback at 0-ish, basically just giving you one delay. use tap tempo.
- make it as reverb-y as you can: low mix, kind-of-short time, a bit longer feedback.

(for ambient stuff, do the last one with a really high feedback, longer delay, and preferably with a long reverb and/or another delay. gets along great with volume swells!)

Getting to know your tap tempo and subdivision possibilities is a great way to get a lot out of a delay pedal. I find that just a random ~500ms, mid-mixed, mid-feedback sound like a lot of big name players use "for leads" does next to nothing for me personally.

[StandingWave]

Here are some Nova delay settings I found posted elsewhere. Maybe they'll provide some ideas:

Eric Johnson echoplex type delay setting
DELAY TIME -415
COLOR- 87
MIX-15
F.B.- 40

Landau type delay.
DELAY TIME-700
COLOR-100
MIX-15
F.B.-30
MODULATION-3 LEVEL ALL THE WAY UP

Reverse Hendrix
DELAY TIME-400 REVERSE SETTING
COLOR-50
MIX-100
FB-0

Preset #1 – Mild delay
Delay time - 457 Tap Tempo - prest
Feedback - 24 Spill over - on
Colour - 32 Mod Style - 1
Mod Level - 22 Type - delay line
Mix - 8 Sub–division - qrtr

Preset #2 – stronger delay
Delay time - 457 Tap Tempo - prest
Feedback - 24 Spill over - off
Colour - 32 Mod Style - 1
Mod Level - 22 Type - delay line
Mix - 20 Sub–division - qrtr

Preset #3 – Tele Country
Delay time - 115 Tap Tempo - prest
Feedback - 24 Spill over - on
Colour – 100 Mod Style - 1
Mod Level - 22 Type - slap back
Mix - 8 Sub–division - qrtr

Preset #4 – Violin Swells
Delay time - 800 Tap Tempo - prest
Feedback - 24 Spill over - off
Colour - 74 Mod Style - 1
Mod Level - 22 Type - delay line
Mix - Sub–division - qrtr

Preset #5 – Cathedral style Swells
Delay time - 457 Tap Tempo - prest
Feedback - 24 Spill over - on
Colour - 74 Mod Style - 1
Mod Level - 22 Type - delay line
Mix - Sub–division - qrtr

Preset #6 – Kinda Edgy
Delay time - 491 Tap Tempo - prest
Feedback - 54 Spill over - on
Colour - 100 Mod Style - 3
Mod Level - 100 Type - delay line
Mix - 40 Sub–div - qrtr +.8

Preset #7 – Sound on Sound
Delay time - 820 Tap Tempo - prest
Feedback – 94-98 Spill over - on
Colour - 100 Mod Style - 3
Mod Level - 100 Type - delay line
Mix - (40-50) Sub–division - qrtr

Preset #8 – Arpeggiated Rhythm
Delay time - 527 Tap Tempo - prest
Feedback - Spill over - on
Colour - Mod Style - 2
Mod Level - Type - delay line
Mix - Sub–div - qrt+8trip

Preset #9 – Strum Delay
Delay time - 554 Tap Tempo - prest
Feedback - 38 Spill over - off
Colour - 90 Mod Style - 2
Mod Level - 100 Type - delay line
Mix - 45 Sub–div - qrtr+.8

[Shagnwagon]

Originally Posted by kboman

Two opposite sides of the delay coin to try out:
- mix the delay high (~50-75%) and the feedback at 0-ish, basically just giving you one delay. use tap tempo.
- make it as reverb-y as you can: low mix, kind-of-short time, a bit longer feedback.

(for ambient stuff, do the last one with a really high feedback, longer delay, and preferably with a long reverb and/or another delay. gets along great with volume swells!)

Getting to know your tap tempo and subdivision possibilities is a great way to get a lot out of a delay pedal. I find that just a random ~500ms, mid-mixed, mid-feedback sound like a lot of big name players use "for leads" does next to nothing for me personally.

Im kind of with you. If my delay is on, I want people to know it

Thanks for the help guys!

[bruce bennett]

I run two delays simultaniously, one set for a short slapback ( think Sun Studios 1957) and the other set for a about a 375-400 ms long delay ( think Pink Floyd) thats turned down low for some background delay.

[snaredrum]

mine is not dissimilar from Gilmour's standard delay, 300ish millisecs and six or seven clear repeats, but as i use a Strymon El Capistan i dial in a bit of wow/flutter and a bit more tape crinkle as it adds atmosphere.