Stacking Delays: Best Practices [Ambient Guitar Tutorial #4]

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In this video, I'm going to show you my best tips on how to stack 2 delay pedals for the best results.
We're going to talk about how to use contrasting delay tones, and how to time the two delays asynchronously to make them bounce off of each other and create awesome delay textures.
With that you can improve your ambient swells tones and your ambient wash underneath your sound (techniques we have seen in the first 3 episodes of this tutorial series) even further.
Let's dive in!
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[@marcusstrymon693]

Thats why I love volante: The subnotes and the ratios

[@LooMinn]

😳An eye-opening lesson. Thanks Antoine!

[@williamthomas3515]

Great video as always. Lots of information. I'm still a bit confused about setting a dotted eighth then taping on the timeline. Thanks again for a great video.

[@cS-yr5el]

I so enjoy all your dedication to your artform. thinking of joining your free mini course .

[@charlarge3555]

Bonjour, Antoine ! Merci beaucoup pour le leçon ! Magnifique comme d’habitude!🫶🏻💕

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

Oh, taking a few french lessons? ;-) thanks Char!

[@LemonMeIon]

I think it’s really cool that the tap tempo is right next to each other if you’re going from the el cap into the timeline. This allows you to sync them up to the same BPM so they’re guaranteed to work well together with different subdivisions (for example the el cap to a quarter note and the timeline to a dotted eighth).

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

Yeah that's really cool! I'm not taking advantage of that enough. I should!

[@theslaves]

I like to put my Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude delay, with a Red Panda Tensor in its fx loop, asynchronous into the Red Panda Raster 2 to also give it an extra super stereo field after

[@ForTheBanterNI]

Great to see you doing videos again Antoine, I'm hoping to get into this lesson soon.

[@marcusstrymon693]

What I always love the most is one louder with a very long delay first and heavy in sound e.g. volante heavily modulated 0.5 to 1s or dbucked and then a shorter lightly chorusy modulated bright digital delay in the background for those lush delay pulses (timeline dual or digital) Mmmmmh so good

[@andivax]

Thanks! Very useful info

[@footcandy]

Such beautiful hands, I love to watch your videos. Thanks ... btw how many grey tshirts do you own :D

[@AntoineMichaudGuitar]

I have 8 grey shirts: 7 for each day of the week and 1 while all the other ones are in the laundry 😂 (not even kidding!)

[@marioreyes1603]

Gracias. Saludos de Ciudad de México!! 🫡

[@UnitedEffect]

First of all... great video with some excellent information!!!! I've been considering the TC Electronic Flashback Triple Delay for a long time now. BUT...there are SO many great delays out there I've gotten choice paralysis. I already have a Digitech Timebender which is great. Maybe a good reverb pedal would be a better choice to add. The Strymon Ventris sounds amazing but would cost as much or more than the Flashback Triple Delay. Any thoughts, suggestions or guidance???

[@jeffreykirn7753]

The TC Flashback Triple Delay is a beast (just to clarify, it's the one with the crown and not the Flashback X 4). It gives you lots of different delay textures to choose from and you can save a setting for each of the 3 delays. The best thing about it is that you can run the delays in series (like Antoine is doing here) or you can run them in parallel so that each delay signal is independent of the others---and you have 4 Toneprint slots. Honestly, you can create textures with the Triple Delay that last for days if you want. The Source Audio Ventris reverb is great too, but it's upwards of $400. If you're going to go for the Triple Delay, do it soon because it's been discontinued by TC Electronic.

[@UnitedEffect]

@@jeffreykirn7753 Thanks Jeffrey. I wasn't sure if it had been discontinued or not. I love the features.... I don't know of another unit that can do what the Triple Delay does. I had forgotten about the Toneprint slots as well. I can get one for $325 used or $390 new (Canadian dollars)plus tax if I get the new one. The only drawback is there's no didital display for the time or tempo, but I guess you just have to go by feel. Decisions ...decisions, and so much gear!

[@marcusstrymon693]

Use different types: Meris hedra pitch shifted whammy delay plus timeline ice LOL CHAOS