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Topic 1.12

Learn: Delay

Work through the chapters in order — each builds on the last.

7 activities available

Continue — Chapter 1: The Delay Line

Pick up where you left off.

CHAPTER 1

The Delay Line

How a delay splits a signal into a dry original and a wet repeat, and why the size of the gap between them decides whether you hear thickening, a slap, or a distinct echo.

2 sections
CHAPTER 2

Feedback, Slapback & Tape

How feedback turns one repeat into a decaying chain, the parameter recipe for a classic slapback, and why old tape echoes darken with every pass.

3 sections
CHAPTER 3

Timed Delay & the Maths

The 60,000 ÷ BPM formula that locks a delay's repeats to the song's tempo, and the dotted and triplet multipliers that shift a note value off the beat.

3 sections
CHAPTER 4

Stereo Delay & ADT

How a ping-pong delay bounces repeats across the stereo field, how pan and EQ shape where repeats sit in a mix, and the short-delay recipe behind Automatic Double Tracking.

4 sections
Orientation

Six Delay Types

A visual map of the six delay forms in 1.12 — clean, multi-tap, slapback, tape echo, ping-pong and modulated. Browse the territory before drilling into each.

5 minutes
Ableton Live

Delay Interface

Explore the Delay interface — learn what delay time, sync, feedback, filter, ping pong and dry/wet do.

10-15 minutes
Revision

Delay Flashcards

Spaced-repetition flashcards covering delay parameters, creative applications, and corrective techniques. Foundation, Standard and Advanced tiers.

20-40 minutes