Delays By Ear

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:15 am

I get some really nice stuff going in Scope delays, and can sync the tightness w/ my ears.

It locks in for some really nice rhythms.

For instance Pizzacatto type envelopes on synths using simple melodies allow the delay effects to carry out nice melodic lines. And by using your ear you can have them locked tight, or just a hair off for real thick soundscapes.

But I thought I would use the world of technology, out of laziness I suppose, so I quantized the melodies according to the tempo ( B.P.M. ) and noticed that my hardware sequencers P.P.Q. was not syncing up, and really sounded as though the BPM's are not correct? Is it because the delays are not as perfect as we think. This happens in all delays I tried.

I am not dissapointed at all, as I will play these live anyway, but is this a case where the ears actually rule, and not all of this techno babble talk?

When I record, I will not use the sequencer anyway, I will base my rhythm around the delay line, and add the percussion / drums by ear as well.

I am not after perfection of time anyway, as I think it starts sounding too unnatural.

Is this a slight imperfection in the PPQ of the QY700, or are our delays in Scope where the imperfections reside?

Ankyu,

Tau · Post by **Tau** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:23 pm

Not sure if it's what you're experiencing, but some delays in Scope (like SpaceF's) have a setting for "ULLI" and Sample Rate. Those should be set according to the project settings, so that the delay times matches the tempo.

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wayne · Post by **wayne** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:16 am

Ulli is the culprit - the long stock SC delays need 13ms at least to behave in the manner they should.

dawman · Post by **dawman** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:57 am

Thanks Brotha' Man Wayne.

Funny thing is, I like the imperfection.

I was trying to figur a way to sync up for VDAT but I will just using a delay loop for my click !