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Axe-Master
Does anyone else struggle with delays sounding too much like reverb? If yes, what adjustments do you make?
Strange question maybe as I guess delay is reverb in some respects, but here's the detail:
Also not sure why I hear this so much more with real cabs - in fact, with real cabs, all the fx seem to pop more than on the 2 different pairs of studio monitors I have. With my real cabs, fx mix tends to generally need to be lower.
Anyway - feedback welcomed on how you go about dialing in a sustaining delay tone while keeping the core tone present and not having it sound like a big reverb if that makes sense.
Strange question maybe as I guess delay is reverb in some respects, but here's the detail:
- I don't tend to like much reverb - just a tiny bit is usually good for me, or none at all.
- I do like big delays though, to help create a more sustained sound particularly on lead tones (ie 500ms at a lowish reedback & 15-20% mix in series).
- the trouble I have is that, on real cabs (particularly open back), and on FRLR cabs, but not so much on studio monitors, I'm losing a lot of "presence" in my delayed tones - as if I also have a big reverb turned on when I don't.
Also not sure why I hear this so much more with real cabs - in fact, with real cabs, all the fx seem to pop more than on the 2 different pairs of studio monitors I have. With my real cabs, fx mix tends to generally need to be lower.
Anyway - feedback welcomed on how you go about dialing in a sustaining delay tone while keeping the core tone present and not having it sound like a big reverb if that makes sense.