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The wisdom of dotted and triplet delays

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The wisdom of dotted and triplet delays

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- [Instructor] Timing the delay to a track using a plain old quarter- or eighth-note can be just boring in a mix. Here's how to use dotted or triplet delays to make the effects a whole lot better. First thing we'll do is we'll listen to just the vocal, and we're going to listen to an eighth-note delay. ("Bridge That You Don't Burn" by Patricia Bahia) Now, let's listen in the track and see what it's like, and I'm going to put the right amount of delay in so it kind of blends in with the track. ("Bridge That You Don't Burn" by Patricia Bahia) Now what happens with a quarter-, an eighth-, a sixteenth-note that's straight is that it will blend into the track and sometimes that's what we want. For instance, if I go to a sixteenth-note, listen: ("Bridge That You Don't Burn" by Patricia Bahia) That's okay, but it's kind of boring. And one way to get around the boring delay, that kind of blends into the track, is to use either a dotted or triplet note feel. So, in Pro Tools it's kind of easy,…

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