Why would a PA system have a delay effect but not reverb?

[JWJ915]

Originally Posted by MikeBmusic

Totally different type of delay. The one the OP references ADDS a delayed sound to the existing one. The one you are talking about delays the actual (original) signal.

I'm not familiar with the unit the OP is speaking of, so I was just guessing. I was thinking his was a powered unit, just like the K10.2, and would have a delay feature for the same reason as the QSCs. Thanks for the information though.

[swarfrat]

I do know that with my Eleven Rack on electric guitar... Guitar players are used to thinking in terms of "reverb" but I've found that I keep my reverbs fairly short and room-like, and use delay when I want to fill up some space. Big long reverbs just make a mess really quickly. It's the audio equivalent of trying to navigate a hoarder's bedroom in the dark.

[guitararmy]

I wonder if the manufacturer calls it "delay" when it it's really a digital reverb...

[Guitaurman]

Originally Posted by JWJ915

I'm not familiar with the unit the OP is speaking of, so I was just guessing. I was thinking his was a powered unit, just like the K10.2, and would have a delay feature for the same reason as the QSCs. Thanks for the information though.

I believe that the delay feature on QSCs is time based. In a large venue if speakers are place at great distances apart but close enough to be heard it will sound like an echo. Sound travels at 1080 ft. per second. If speakers are placed 500 ft. apart you'll hear the one closest to you and the one 500 ft. away a half second later. If the one of speakers delay is set 1/2 seconds apart they'll sound fine. Digital or analog delay as an effect gives a sound like Carl Perkins or Gene Vincent rock a Billy. Make sense?

[RedJoker]

OP Here: I spent some time playing with this feature at lunch today and I now see the benefit.

Some background: I like to use a very small bit of reverb to help vocals sound a bit thicker. How I usually set it is to turn it way up to be sure it's working, then bring it all the way back down to zero. Now I add it little by little until I can hear that it's there, and then back it down just until I think it isn't there. Obviously, it's still there, just very subtle.

With this delay, though, I realized that I never really went past the first step. I turned it up and thought it sounded TERRIBLE. However, if I go through my normal process of bringing it one just a hair, it does actually sound good. I had it set to the minimum number of repeats at the fastest rate and it did, in fact, 'thicken' my vocals.

So in conclusion, if this feature was added instead of reverb due to low cost, I could find it usable, even though not preferred. If you like heavier effects than I do, however, I'm not sure it would work.

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