Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

[fuzzyratfarts]

Whats the difference?

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

they are more or less the same but echo is often the term used for short (50-500 ms) delay while delay is used more ofter for the longer delays (550ms-several seconds)...

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

I agree with The Guy Who Invented Fire, although on occasion someone will use the term "echo" synonomously with "delay" regardless of delay time.

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

I agree with The Guy Who Invented Fire, although on occasion someone will use the term "echo" synonomously with "delay" regardless of delay time.

true...it really is the same thing

[PFDarkside]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

I also think of echo as being a very vintage, possibly tape effect (Binson Echorec) and delay as being more modern analog and digital chips. It's all the same idea however...

[some_dude]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....



EchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEcho

[some_dude]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

The other way I tend to think of it is that echo modulates, degrades, and/or runs the repeats into each other....similar to what an analog or multi-tap tape delay does.

Delay spits out identical repeats at a specific delay and volume.


But that's just my opinon....they really are used interchangeably.

[ArtieToo]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....



EchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEcho

And don't forget:

Rrrreeevvveeerrrbbbbbb

[MikeRocker]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....



EchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEcho

And don't forget:

Rrrreeevvveeerrrbbbbbb

Nice graphical (or, uh, alphabetical) representation, guys!!! I think you summed it up perfectly. Refer all time-based effects newbies here!!!

[some_dude]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

And don't forget:

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Reverbrereverbrereveverbrererevereverberevereverbrbrbrbbb.....

[Mincer]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

i dunno, im sitting next to a Digital Echoplex which has 198 seconds of delay...i use them interchangeably.

[Simon_F]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....Delay.....



EchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEcho

And don't forget:

Rrrreeevvveeerrrbbbbbb

Excellent!

Now who can represent phase, flange and chorus in the same manner?

[ArtieToo]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

i dunno, im sitting next to a Digital Echoplex which has 198 seconds of delay...i use them interchangeably.

198 seconds! Thats not echo . . . thats Deja Vu.

[Rainmaker]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

DISTORTION

Damn, didn't work out!!

[shredaholic]

Re: Echo vs. Delay - Whats the diff.?

198 seconds! Thats not echo . . . thats Deja Vu.

or maybe just a glitch in the matrix...