I Don't Know How Many Of You Like To Calculate Your Delay Times While Recording, But

[JOLLY]

I always use this website. http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-bpmtempotime.htm

What I usually do is have a riff in my head. I kind of figure out in my mind how fast I think it should go. After that I start tapping on one of my delays in that time. It will show me what the milliseconds are. After that I convert it to Beats Per Minute (BPM), and I am able to figure out what I think the timing of the song/riff should be.

Just thought I would share in case it might help someone.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: I Don't Know How Many Of You Like To Calculate Your Delay Times While Recording,

I always tune delays by ear, but if you want to be precise, there is a formula. That chart breaks it down well.
Or, for the tech-savvy, there are apps.

This site is also great, http://musiccalculator.com/

 

[Rich_S]

Re: I Don't Know How Many Of You Like To Calculate Your Delay Times While Recording,

When I resurrected The YaYas old demo tape, I spent a lot of time dialing in REAPER's metronome to be in sync with each song's tempo. We originally played the songs to the beat of an old Yamaha rhythm machine, so the tempo's were more or less consistent throughout. I also tracked my guitars without my accustomed delays, so that I could stereo-ize the tracks later by bouncing the delay off the other side.

So, for my 21st-century remix, I used REAPER's delay plug-ins. They allow you to enter delay time either in milliseconds, or in beats. With the tempo and metronome synced up, entering them as 1/4 notes (or the dreaded dotted 1/8ths) was easy.

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: I Don't Know How Many Of You Like To Calculate Your Delay Times While Recording,

Most of the time I need a delay to be in sync I use a plugin that has host sync

However, have used that site on occasion for my DD-20 .... Carbon copy is all by ear, and usually the one that wins~!

 

[JOLLY]

Re: I Don't Know How Many Of You Like To Calculate Your Delay Times While Recording,

See, I kind of use it in reverse. I use the tap tempo to find the delay, and then use that to find the BPM of my song. If that makes sense.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: I Don't Know How Many Of You Like To Calculate Your Delay Times While Recording,

This practice dates back to a time when digital delay processors expressed their parameter values in mSec rather than BPM.

This might be because internal clock devices back then were not as reliable as professional recording equipment.

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: I Don't Know How Many Of You Like To Calculate Your Delay Times While Recording,

Jolly....why don't you just tap tempo along with the riff to find your BPM? Not to change your process but...your adding in an unnecessary step.