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Tremolo vs. Delay
- Thread starter Nev375
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Delay. Walrus ARP-87: tap tempo, top jacks, and tons of usable sounds.
Not even technically correct. Those other effects include delay as one component. That doesn't make them types of delay.
And you're certainly not going to find any delay pedals that gives you all of those sounds.
Edit: i don't think phasers include delay at all.
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I'd say it depends on what else you already got going on on your board, the type of sounds you're going for and what context you want to use it in.
I think having a delay leads to some more creative stuff musically wise than adding tremolo. I love me a good tremolo on bass though, it adds a feel I really enjoy more than chorus.
The Dr Scientist Tremolessence, the EQD Hummingbird and the Empress Tremolo were some of my favorite tremolos.
For delays I think choices are a bit more complicated because there are so many differents things a delay can do and it really depends on what you're going to do with it to decide which one would be good for you.
If I add to choose only one I'd go with a delay. But you should buy a bigger board and buy both.
I think having a delay leads to some more creative stuff musically wise than adding tremolo. I love me a good tremolo on bass though, it adds a feel I really enjoy more than chorus.
The Dr Scientist Tremolessence, the EQD Hummingbird and the Empress Tremolo were some of my favorite tremolos.
For delays I think choices are a bit more complicated because there are so many differents things a delay can do and it really depends on what you're going to do with it to decide which one would be good for you.
If I add to choose only one I'd go with a delay. But you should buy a bigger board and buy both.
I would wait until the need for either (or something else) arises. Filling the board with pedals just because there's space is fun, but not that productive.
I think picking delay because of chorus and flanger's use of it might be splitting hairs, somewhat.
I really like the Trem and Delay(Echo) sounds on the EHX Oceans 11. Lots of other options, too. Worth a YouTube binge.
My sentiments exactly - It's art. Either all of it's unnecessary or none of it is.
+1 to all the EQD Hummingbird folks above. I also put it last on my board, usually stacked with others in a "synth chain." Usual order I go with is EQD Bit Commander OR MXR Sub Machine -> Mr Black Gilamondo phaser -> SGFX Electroman delay (to add depth, not always on in the chain) -> Hummingbird.
Other chains I've used the Hummingbird with are 3leaf Octavbre mini -> SSBS Mini -> Mr Black Fwonkbeta -> compressor (a must after the Fwonk) -> Gilamondo OR MXR Micro Flanger -> Hummingbird. Anyways, as a standalone effect trem doesn't give me much to work with in the music I'm working on, but stacked in these ways, it's really fantastic and now indispensable in my rig.
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This thing is made for bass.
Guitar players like them too.
I've never even seen one, so I can't recommend it,
but I've read only positive stuff about them.
You can SWITCH between sine, triangular, and square waves.
Ime, those waves-on-a-pot knobs are meh.
Guitar players like them too.
I've never even seen one, so I can't recommend it,
but I've read only positive stuff about them.
You can SWITCH between sine, triangular, and square waves.
Ime, those waves-on-a-pot knobs are meh.
Already mentioned above, Walrus Audio ARP-87 is a fantastic choice for delay. Here is an example by someone on YouTube. It has tap tempo and great momentary functions (though not demo’ed on the vid).
