Guitarsolos: stomp box or ITB delay?

[Lasse Lammert]

I've always used the PT delay for my guitar solos, cause it's A stereo and B easier to dync with the project etc, also can the same delay be used for vox and solos.

but today I've just tried recording a solo with the carbon copy in the loop of the amp, printing the delay onto the track....and damn, does that slay!
I think I'll be doing it more often now.....


any thoughts?
How are you guys doing it?
does anyone use delay pedals in the loop while tracking/reamping?

 

[Arcay]

You tried the echoboy of soundtoys? very pedalish vibe

 

[grywolf627]

Used to do it all the time, though it was more of necessity back then, due to a lack of equipment. But modern digital recording has caused, even for me, a fear of commitment. Afraid to print things and being stuck with it. Instead, I like to forever tinker with things. Lately I've been thinking of going back to my roots of recording and doing more things like this.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

yeah, I've done that step recently as well...
in the worst case scenario I can still reamp, but usually I just keep the tones I dial in when recording...makes the mix come together much quicker IMO

 

[MetalSound]

i always us ITB delays because of the snycing and stereo sound.
the only thing that gets printed is wah here.

 

[greyskull]

I've re-amped with the massey td5 and echo boy before when i didnt have a pedal about and got awesome results.

 

[lelahel]

I've re-amped with the massey td5 and echo boy before when i didnt have a pedal about and got awesome results.

and which pedal are you using now?

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I've re-amped with the massey td5 and echo boy before when i didnt have a pedal about and got awesome results.

how do you get the delay between the preamp and poweramp/cab then?

cause I hate how a delay sounds in front of a distorted amp

 

[-Noodles-]

In the past I've often 're-amped' through a delay pedal, so it's available to tweak.

Once it's perfect I just print it and write automation for the in's and out's.

 

[Jorge Escudero]

Hey Lasse! I know you´re talking about real pedals here but, have you tried the Stomp plugin from waves? Some nice pedal emulations there including delay.

Cheers

 

[Fredrik-Ablaze]

I did delay in loop when we recorded leads for the last LoT album; for the next project in the studio I'm gonna try running my flashback into a separate amp and se how that works

 

[greyskull]

how do you get the delay between the preamp and poweramp/cab then?

cause I hate how a delay sounds in front of a distorted amp

AH!
I'm the other way round. I like the way it gets dirtier!
And I used a Memory man.

I guess you could set up an aux input routed in an out of tools with the delay on to use it as a pseudo pedal/rack. Don't know how that'd be with dly comp though.

 

[ze kink]

I like to commit, but Logic's tape delay is cool too. Depends on what stompbox delays I've got available, really.

Slight OT, but I also like hooking up guitar reverb and delay stompboxes to use while mixing.

 

[ChrisTanakaCanwell]

I use a delay pedal/rack unit in my loop when I record myself because I generally have everything sync'd up to the song tempo already, and to me it sounds better but I've only used the stock PT delays. But with everyone else it's easier to just throw a plugin on the track

 

[Sloan]

I've been contemplating running all guitar di's back through effects pedals rather than recording from the pedals. That way I can 'fix' shitty wah takes etc...

LOL.

 

[Mikaël-ange]

AH!
I'm the other way round. I like the way it gets dirtier!
And I used a Memory man.

I guess you could set up an aux input routed in an out of tools with the delay on to use it as a pseudo pedal/rack. Don't know how that'd be with dly comp though.

It would work since is the only way to do plugin insert otb. And yes you read it correctly, plugin insert in hardware world...

 

[Ermz]

Why not just 'reamp' into the delay pedal?

I dig the idea of tracking with the delay pedal, but making sure you have the right proportion of wet/dry for the mix is a hefty bit of guesswork.

 

[Harley Barley]

i think if its a riff that relies heavily on the delay for the sound of the riff... then record with it, it also depends on how you've written it. i've come up with delay patterns on pedals that i've found very hard to match exactly with a plugin, and vice-versa.

but if your just using the delay as a sort of reverb sound to make it big.. probably the plugin version is best

 

[gabriel g.]

Lasse use the Waves H-delay!!!!

 

[tobin1]

I usually like to add ITB delays simply because of what Ermz said, its really hard to tell the right wet/dry proportions without it being in a mix, just seems a lot easier in finding the sweet spot of the delay.