Reverb vs Delay

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Seriously though, for adding space, breathing room and atmosphere, both reverb and delay can be used for the same thing. Well, short delay with a decent amount of repeats/feedback. And live, delay can often sound cleaner without cluttering the band mix, whereas reverb can make things a bit more difficult to mix. On the other hand, there's nothing like a nice spring reverb to add some spank to that space/breathing room.


What are your thoughts? How do you like to use reverb or delay, and/or which do you prefer?
 
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bit of both for bed room showdowns. as the place gets bigger i turn down levels, preferably opting for one of the two. for clean patches I prefer reverb and for gain stuff the passages permitting delays. not a big fan of long delays anymore.

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For softer passages I like a little reverb, but as the volume increases reverb moves the guitar too far to the back of the mix or track. I always use delay but just enough to add some dimension. I have one setting accessed with a favorite switch the has multiple delays with a splash of reverb.
 
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Typically, the louder I need to turn my amp up the less I find myself using 'verb. It's awesome when practicing in a small room though.

Short delays are fun to have on when playing lead, but they tend to annoy me for rhythm parts (unless the part is built around the delay effect like the Police, the Edge, etc.)
 
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Both, for my more alternative rock/indie band usually delay only reverb for certain songs as live through an amp it can wash out the sound to much. On recordings however I use plenty of reverb. For the shoegazey band I joined the reverb is on all the time and I add delay for extra atmosphere.
 
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CTN said:
Ultimate Showdown!



Seriously though, for adding space, breathing room and atmosphere, both reverb and delay can be used for the same thing. Well, short delay with a decent amount of repeats/feedback. And live, delay can often sound cleaner without cluttering the band mix, whereas reverb can make things a bit more difficult to mix. On the other hand, there's nothing like a nice spring reverb to add some spank to that space/breathing room.


What are your thoughts? How do you like to use reverb or delay, and/or which do you prefer?
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I use both. I have several amps, but my promary amps are a Bogner Shiva 1 12" that has Reverb that Rivals any Fender. IMHO its actually better then my Deluxe Reverb. I also have a Super Reverb and the tank is a bit bigger in this and the Reverb is just beautiful. But my primary amps that I play through everyday are the Bogner & a Komet 60. The Komet has no reverb, no effects loop or Master volume. It is raw tone and just kills everything else. Beautifully clean but when I attack the strings it barks with great harmonics and every note just blooms. When I first bought this amp I added a Reverb pedal(Verbzilla) just to wet the signal a bit, but I also use a Boss DD3 in both the Komet and Bogner. It just adds a bit of ambiance to my sound. I use it when playing clean with the Komet and overdriven tones with the Bogner.
 
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I echo the comments above... For practice a little ambiance is very nice, otherwise it's an effect and should be used as such. I like splashy spring (surfy sound), cavernous hall (post rock style) and short plate (EVH style). Same goes for delay, a short doubling for thickening rhythm, a mid length delay to add space to leads and tempo based rhythm a la The Edge/Run Like Hell. Finally, multiple, clashing delays (darker tone) with a long tailed reverb is lush ambient heaven.

But definitely agree, adding reverb and delay without a specific reason will have adverse effects to your live and recorded mix if not careful.
 
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Both...Delay set on slapback w/ fast decay.
Overall, I prefer delay (slapback) especially if the room has natural reverb.
 
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Reverb for smaller rooms to add some sense/illusion of space. Added very subtle (as in you can't hear it
till it's gone).
Delay for fattening up slower solos, rhythmic patterns and more pronounced slapback echos.
 
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I almost exclusively use delay for this, but that's mostly due to gear limitations. My gigging amps don't have reverb, and I don't have any stomps either, otherwise I like a splash of 'verb on my cleans. I'm ok with having a short delay for ambiance though. Like CTN said, it's a bit "cleaner" live.
 
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I use a little reverb on clean stuff and only use delay when I'm covering something that absolutely needs it.
 
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I use reverb for two things:

1. Keep it below or equal to 1.0s to make the guitar sound bigger.
2. Keep it above 1.0s to get the effect of the reverb type more prominently, like say hall or room type reverb.

I don't use reverb live much, i mostly rely on natural reverb of the space to take effect.

Now delay i use all the time, usually in front of the amp with shorter repeats & lower feedback & level. I guess about 400ms is the highest i go for clean stuff & about 240 for dirt.
 
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Playing in a 50's rock and roll type band I have a delay permanently on for a slap back type sound
 
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In the end, I'm more of a reverb person...but some slapback action is still desired for lead from time to time
 
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I use my trusty Boss DD-2 for slap back and/or making my leads sound better than I am. No reverb here. Washes out the sound live anytime I try it.


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