Delay Pedal Subdivision Basics - Getting Started

In this "How to Play Ambient Guitar" episode, learn the basics of using 3 popular delay pedal subdivisions: quarter note, dotted eighth, and quarter + dotted eighth. Once you have these basics down, the delay subdivision world is your oyster!
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[@ryannchristopherpolon737]

I can't believe Ser Davos would be teaching me how to use my delay pedal properly

[@chordsoforion]

Wait a minute - I have all my fingers! :-)

[@preachersprojects]

This comment deserves more love.

[@avkapil]

Sir davos..

[@ianwilson6354]

i was thinkinf paul rudd

[@joanofheart]

Thank you soooo much for going back to these videos on education for ambient playing! This is the main reason why I joined your channel.. so happy to see this video today! Thank you for taking the time and consideration for others playing and doing this Bill.

[@chordsoforion]

I will be sure to do more of these in the coming weeks/months. Thanks Joan!!

[@steveo44]

Best delay tutorial on KZbin. Thanks so much for this. I normally use delay for a bit of slap back but have been wanting to p play More ambient stuff. Much appreciated 👍

[@SPaulAndrewMaertens]

Thanks so much! I have the TC 2 and... Didn't know how to use it yet really. I appreciate your tutorial on the differences between the subdivisions!

[@JeffGillis1]

Your music sounds tracks and playing, in general, is extraordinary!

[@chordsoforion]

Thanks!

[@shawnshipstad8883]

Well done. Finally, a review that is useful. Great sounding amp.

[@chordsoforion]

Thanks very much!

[@TheDenis2121]

Thank you so much for this video; what amazing ambience you can get. with a few simple chord and right delay subdivision, excelent. good job

[@chordsoforion]

Thanks very much!!

[@lightnintrucker]

Very useful information Bill. I got the Flashback II and I do take great advantage of those delay intervals. I'm purdy shure I used dotted eighths in the delay in my recent ambient guitar post. Keep up the good work!

[@revenant235]

Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@astral_oz]

Great tone! Great tutorial! Thanks Man!

[@pageluvva]

Wonderful video. Many thanks.

[@ninevehguitar]

Very cool! One way to explain a dotted 8th is that it extends the 8th note by halfway, making it 3/4 of a quarter note. So it actually sounds at the halfway point between two 8th notes. And if you're tapping it, you would tap on the "one" and "a." So in other words... "ONE* - e - and - A* - two..." (* and caps where the taps would be) I used to have SO much trouble figuring out how to tap a dotted 8th on delays with no subdivision options haha

[@chordsoforion]

Great explanation Sam!

[@shantmanoukian2430]

Same here

[@thetoneranger1017]

Really nice explanation but never thought much about it. This will be really useful!

[@noahjarman2902]

I ordered a Timeline and it'll be here today. Looks like I'm gonna be up all night nailing these down and just exploring the sounds in general.

[@chordsoforion]

Nice!!

[@vanessajazp6341]

Actually just bought the Flashback 2 about a week ago. I got it mainly for the "Crystal" setting. Sounds extra sweet with my baritone :)

[@comz4087]

Thanks for the great videos as always. Nothing fancy, but dotted-eighth adds an interesting rhythm to build on.

[@chordsoforion]

Very true!!

[@rcknicholson]

Explained well!

[@watchyourtoneman5061]

Thank you!

[@vladimirverline8251]

I like it a lot great!

[@chordsoforion]

What are some of your favorite delay subdivisions? Comment here!

[@vanessajazp6341]

Dotted-eighth, hands down! That and my very old Digitech rack processor's various 4-tap delays.

[@planetpjr]

so far, my favorite subdivision are: Yours! 😉 I had the Flashback sold it for the Timeline and now I miss it, but I just got my Carvin H2T out of the shop after 7 months and I'm human again.

[@chordsoforion]

Glad you have your Carvin back! Still love my Timeline!

[@vanessajazp6341]

Holy moly!! SEVEN months??? I'd be eating paint off the walls after 3! :D

[@olivernapster1973]

Thanks for your video Bill! Im trying to understand the subdivision stuff with my new Ocean Machine, with Tc Flashback was easy...but still i dont get the options here, can you please help me with this?

[@JeffGillis1]

So using the graphtech acoustic and hexpander piezo set up I aim to obviously create acoustic tracks but moreover, I aspire to lay down tracks through the midi ghost to play strings and french horns etc. I was thinking of using a Helix line 6 floor pedal as the base for my kit, but am wondering what I would need to get the midi orchestral sounds? Any thoughts?

[@2000WTube]

Lovely explanation! So the little switch on the TC F2 is capable of switching through different structures?

[@zofo264]

Using an ebow with this pedal would be interesting

[@planetpjr]

accurate delay tap tempo is also challenge for every song playing live. we gotta tackle that too.

[@chordsoforion]

Yes. For sure!!

[@anderson.ziemmer]

I love the quarter plus dotted eight feel, mainly with stereo delays for some parts. Although, I wish we had more possibilities with double delays, such as being able to choose different compound patterns.

[@chordsoforion]

You might want to check out the Flashback Triple delay. It has more subdivision options to apply to its 3 delays. You can get pretty complex results!

[@anderson.ziemmer]

Nice tip Bill, I have and adore the TC Alter Ego X4. I've been messing around with some toneprints trying to achieve different subdivisions. Also, sometime I have much fun using a second delay after it, with different tempo just to screw it up a bit more haha

[@blakevanhouten1672]

Question, I have the FB2 and was wondering if you’ve been able to get the tap tempo mode to work? I have the mxr tap tempo switch and it doesn’t seem to be working. But on the tc demo of this pedal they are clearly using the mxr tap tempo w/ the fb2. Any thoughts?

[@chordsoforion]

I've not used a an external switch, but - did you turn tap tempo using the TonePrint editing software? I just saw that requirement in the user guide.

[@k.yhk8274]

can u make it clear ..usually what bpm does quarter note and dotted 8 has?

[@mpmd92]

K7 Yhk it doesn’t matter. If you play to the bpm you set, then the repeats on the delay will happen in relation to that tempo: on every beat with the quarter note setting and on every 3rd 16th note with the dotted eight setting. If that doesn’t make sense to you look up how note duration are organized what’s a quarter note, an eight note... :)

[@shckltnebay]

Please tell me what delay type you were set to, just got this and the dot 1/8 plus 1/4 is not doing anything different?

[@chordsoforion]

If I spoke correctly in the video, it was the mod. Sounds like it was to me.

[@markerf16]

Why does my Donner Yellow Fall delay sound better than the TC Flash 2? I was thought I was upgrading -but I swear to you the Donner sounds better, but not as versatile of course.

[@neilgroves3592]

Do you happen to know the correlation between BPM and milliseconds for delays?

[@chordsoforion]

60000/BPM = delay time in ms.

[@Ottophil]

neil groves bmp is beats per minute. Millisecond is 1/1000 of a second

[@druariel]

Best to take an example: 60 bpm is 1 bps. One sec is 1000ms. So a 60bpm tempo requires a 1000ms delay to match it. Digital delays can easily do a 1000ms delay but analog delays would be challenged by that. For a 100 bpm tempo we get one beat every 60/100 second, which is 0.6 sec, which is 600ms. For a 120 bpm pace we get one beat every 60/120second, which is 0.5 sec or 500 ms. So 60 divided by tempo gives you time in seconds, times 1000 gives it in milliseconds.

[@jszack]

Haven't explored them all but, at least in my collection, the prize for most subdivision options on a single knob goes to the TC Flashback Triple Delay - www.tcelectronic.com/Categories/Tcelectronic/Guitar/Stompboxes/FLASHBACK-TRIPLE-DELAY/p/P0CKT

[@emildefi74]

Hey, Bill, don't you think the flashback repeats are robotic and percussive? I'd like to buy a Tiple Flashback (I like a lot many options it has), but from the youtube videos I noticed this thing... Can you confirm or deny it? Thanx! ^___^

[@chordsoforion]

I am not exactly sure what you mean by robotic and percussive. I would definitely not describe the delay repeats that way. I would use the terms "pristine" and "beautiful" - I love the sound! Here's a playlist of 25 of my videos that feature the pedal. Listen to a few and let me know if any sound like you describe: kzbin.info/aero/PLseB5HzFJKVzcqGQvqW2zV7nuJRMGNB4q

[@se2018]

What type of subdivision usted David Gilmore in Run Like Hell???

[@chordsoforion]

There are many articles about exact delay settings (he used 2 delays to get the effect), but in general, the dotted eighth subdivision should get you into "run like hell" territoriy.

[@ricklewis5804]

What makes a baritone guitar a baritone guitar?

[@chordsoforion]

Here's a video I did a while ago answering that question and more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6XQgJaqo65pmrM

[@digitalsea9147]

Bill ive been FAN for a long time, but if i could give you any advise to make you more real in allot of realms and all out still killin it, you gotta loose the volume pedal so much bro! most ppl dont understand the effect it make's dont take the gator away just be more verbal and maybe not use it so much, just let the tone's go wild my man!! peace!! never forget the new comer...

[@chordsoforion]

Please check out my most recent album "Wood". No volume pedal to be found.

[@garymesser8679]

I created a composition recently I think you may like, it’s on you tube.... Gary Messer..... swept by the tide It’s partly keyboard synth, and Guitar synth and sustainer. Best Regards, Gary

[@vox1003]

The Onion night

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

Songs cannot be iconic. Iconography is limited to sight only, hence the word icon. I have just displayed my insecurity at being unable to get my head round dotted eighths.😊

[@taleno503]

Desespera porque habla mucho y toca poco!!