From the course: Audio Foundations: Delay and Modulation

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Using delays in a real-world mix

Using delays in a real-world mix

From the course: Audio Foundations: Delay and Modulation

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Using delays in a real-world mix

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A quick inventory of all the different effects a delay processor can create is in order. Short delays create a comb filter and flanger. Medium delays create doublers, chorus, spreaders, and thickeners. Long delays create echoes for emphasis, support, groove, and slap back. Let's hear many of these effects in action all in a single real-world mix. We're using a full mix by the artist Iyeoka. The song is called This Time Around. It can be hard to get oriented when you see someone else's mix for the first time. So first let me show you around, then we'll zoom in on some of the delay-based effects that became essential to this mix. For now, let's get acclimated by auditioning the mix from the intro through the first chorus. (music playing) It's helpful to understand the full song structure. Looking at memory locations I've set up, we see a pretty typical song form. The Intro, verse 1, and CHORUS 1 that we just heard is followed by verse 2, CHORUS 2, Bridge, two more repeats of the CHORUS,…

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