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.

 

[Artie]

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

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



EchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEcho

And don't forget:

Rrrreeevvveeerrrbbbbbb :laugh2:

 

[MikeRocker]

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

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



EchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEchoEcho

And don't forget:

Rrrreeevvveeerrrbbbbbb :laugh2:

:laugh2: Nice graphical (or, uh, alphabetical) representation, guys!!! I think you summed it up perfectly. Refer all time-based effects newbies here!!! :laugh2:

 

[some_dude]

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

And don't forget:

Rrrreeevvveeerrrbbbbbb :laugh2:

Reverbrereverbrereveverbrererevereverberevereverbrbrbrbbb.....


:laugh2:

 

[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 :laugh2:

Excellent!

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

 

[Artie]

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. :laugh2:

 

[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. :laugh2:

:laugh2:

or maybe just a glitch in the matrix...

 

[Simon_F]

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. :laugh2:

 

[Mincer]

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

ha! but thats the idea!! over and over and over and over....

 

[some_dude]

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

198 seconds! Thats not echo . . . thats Deja Vu. :laugh2:

:laugh2:

or maybe just a glitch in the matrix...

 

[Naps]

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

Lol!

 

[Nite_Maresz_25]

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

I agree with the guy. and artie and daisy's 'presentions'. :laugh2:

I usually associate echo with analoge delays, and echo with more modern and/or digital delays.