Chapter 3: Delay and Reverb

supplementary content/information

This page is meant to be used along with your copy of Delay & Reverb. This page focuses on reverb.


  These examples are meant to open a window into the possibilities in the live performance world with delay and reverb pedals. Try to take the basic ideas encapsulated in these clips and expand upon them, explore them, and use them as a jumping off point to develop your own methods and strategies for using these types of pedals in your live performance.


Page 14 - Plate and Spring Reverb Examples

Plate Reverb

Digitech Polara - Plate - Subtle settings (Sax)
Strymon BigSky - Plate (Sax)
Strymon blueSky - Plate (Trumpet)
Eventide H9 - Plate (Trumpet)
Keeley Delay Workstation - Plate (Sax)
Source Audio Ventris - Plate (Trumpet)
 

Spring Reverb

Source Audio Ventris - Spring (Sax)
Source Audio Ventris - Spring (Trumpet)
Source Audio Ventris - Spring (Trombone)
Eventide H9 - Spring (Trumpet)
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Source Audio Ventris - Plate (Trombone)
Source Audio Ventris - Plate (Sax)
 
Strymon BigSky - Spring (Sax)
JHS Spring Tank - Spring (Sax)
Strymon blueSky - Spring (Trumpet)
Digitech Polara - Spring (Sax)

page 16 - Reverb types

Digitech polara Reverb Examples

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Spring Reverb (Sax)
Plate Reverb (Sax)
Room Reverb (Sax)
Hall Reverb (Sax)

Strymon blueSky TONE, or DAMP Examples

Strymon blueSky - LOW DAMP (Trumpet)
Strymon blueSky - HIGH DAMP (Trumpet)
Strymon blueSky - Both DAMP knobs at 12 o'clock (Trumpet)
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Strymon blueSky Pre-Delay Setting Examples

Strymon blueSky - LOW Pre-Delay - Room (Trumpet)
Strymon blueSky - HIGH Pre-Delay - Room (Trumpet)

Other pre-delay setting Examples

 
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Eventide H9 - "Plate" Reverb (Trumpet)
Eventide H9 - "Boxy Room" Reverb (Trumpet)
H9 - "A Bit Shakey" Tremolo Reverb (Trumpet)
Strymon BigSky - Short Pre-Delay - Hall (Sax)
Source Audio Ventris - Medium Pre-Delay - Hall (Sax)

shimmer/Halo Setting Examples

Strymon blueSky - Shimmer Plate - MIX at 11:30 (Trumpet)
Source Audio Ventris - Shimmer - MIX at 1 o'clock (Trumpet)
Strymon blueSky - Shimmer Plate - MIX max level (Trumpet)
Eventide H9 - Shimmer - DECAY high level (Trumpet)
Source Audio Ventris - DECAY level long, MIX at 10 o'clock (Sax)
Strymon BigSky - DECAY level low, MIX at 11 o'clock (Sax)
Digitech Polara - DECAY level medium (Sax)

Page 18 - Pedal Spotlight - Strymon Bigsky

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Subtle Room (Sax)
Hall (sax)
Plate (Sax)
Ovals Preset - Room (Sax)
Spring (Sax)
Half Bloom Preset (Sax)
Shimmer (Sax)
Take 5 Preset (Sax)