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Delays: my two cents

2002-06-02 by Bret Truchan

The reason that I think it would be nice to have a Doepfer delay is 
laziness.  Really!  I am so damn lazy!  Say that I want to send a sound from 
the Doepfer into a simple delay, then back in to the Doepfer for more 
processing.  I don't want to have to futz with a rack delay, or perhaps plug 
in a Line 6 which hasn't been used for a few days, etc.  I like my Time 
Machine because I get instant gratification.  It doesn't pause my creative 
flow.

The fallback of the Time Machine is that the longer delay "pings" are 
filtered so dramatically that only shorter delays sound good.  Longer delays 
get 'muffled' quickly.  If you listen to the Modcan samples, it seems that 
they got over that problem.  I might eventually have to buy a Modcan rack.

Perhaps a solution would be to hook up a normal delay to a clever patchbay, 
where there are 1/4 inch inputs and outputs in the back, but 1/8 inch 
inputs/outputs in the front.  Has anyone used a setup like this?  
Unfortunately, if I went in this direction, I'd probably get that TC D-Two 
delay that was mentioned earlier.  It's a little expensive for what I'd use 
it for ($700).

Thanks everyone!
- Bret

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