ducking delay
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- KVRist
- 450 posts since 2 Nov, 2003 from 'sunny' Gaylord, Michigan, USA
i'm trying to figure out what 'ducking' means. i've searched the kvr effects forum, haven't found the quick-and-dirty answer to what makes a ducking delay ducking. help please?
i'd rather have a mullet than a comb-over.
fortunately, i have neither.
fortunately, i have neither.
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- AcousticHippie
- 4769 posts since 12 Mar, 2003
Hi,
it simply tones down the repeats during busy sections and lets them ring out during not-so-busy ones.
it simply tones down the repeats during busy sections and lets them ring out during not-so-busy ones.
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- KVRist
- 241 posts since 24 Mar, 2006
There's a few free duck delays you can try that I know of:
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2187.html
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1500.html
Or you can "duck" any delay with a sidechain compressor.
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/2187.html
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1500.html
Or you can "duck" any delay with a sidechain compressor.
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- AcousticHippie
- 4769 posts since 12 Mar, 2003
honestly.... you don't even have to sidechain anything (although why not when the option is there for you) but a compressor AFTER the delay will do the same if the repeats are quieter than the direct signal
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 450 posts since 2 Nov, 2003 from 'sunny' Gaylord, Michigan, USA
ok, very cool...thanks for the info.
so, if for example, i put a ducking delay on a vocal track, the delay would be most noticeable at the end of a sentence, say, and not so much while the singing is still going on. , but this would be independent of the other tracks unless i used sidechaining.
i appreciate the responses!
so, if for example, i put a ducking delay on a vocal track, the delay would be most noticeable at the end of a sentence, say, and not so much while the singing is still going on. , but this would be independent of the other tracks unless i used sidechaining.
i appreciate the responses!
i'd rather have a mullet than a comb-over.
fortunately, i have neither.
fortunately, i have neither.
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- KVRAF
- 1872 posts since 17 May, 2005
A good ducking delay does a bit more than mentioned in above posts. It's not just ducking the fx volume when the dry signal is above a certain level, that part is easy to do. The tricky thing is having only the tail part of the dry signal in the delay fx. In the best scenario the user should be able to select how much of the original is delayed. Too bad there is no such plugin.. yet!?!
Like so: dry: "yoo who's in the house?! make some noise!" -> fx: "...some noise some noise some noise"
Instead of: dry: "yoo who's in the house?! make some noise!" -> fx: "yoowhosinthehousemakesomenoiseyoowhosin..."
Like so: dry: "yoo who's in the house?! make some noise!" -> fx: "...some noise some noise some noise"
Instead of: dry: "yoo who's in the house?! make some noise!" -> fx: "yoowhosinthehousemakesomenoiseyoowhosin..."