Adding warble to delay.

Stepping your delay up.

We continue to explore the Aakii Chorus/Vibrato and its ability to texturize time-based effects. Next on the plate is delay and we’ll have some help from our Two Medicine Delay. Using Aakii, we’ll show how you can add modulation capabilities to a delay and take an already great sounding delay and advance its tonal possibilities.

Sustaining delay.

Two Medicine is our preset-capable delay for the musician that craves a warmer flavor of delay but needs to have a couple go-to sounds that are easy to save and recall. Two Medicine’s unique combination of filters structures your instrument’s voice in a way that is warm and cozy, perfect creating ambient environments or tones that’ll fit perfectly in the mix.

Delay comes in all sizes ranging from short to long delay times. We’ll be taking a look at long delay in this video, creating a spacious and calming atmosphere. In addition to keeping delay more towards the longer times, we’ll also set our feedback to be a little more aggressive. An increase in feedback will help sustain our signal, setting the ground for swells and single-note melodies.

Sprinkle a little modzarella on top.

Now let’s add some modulation! The Aakii Chorus/Vibrato has been designed for those who need a gig-friendly solution that is simple yet effective. Aakii’s modulation is the perfect ingredient for adding a touch of warm, swirly tones to your playing.

For a delay that doesn’t have modulated capabilities like Two Medicine, Aakii is a great substitute to get more out of your delay. We’ll sprinkle our delay with some of the modulated goodness that we get from Aakii, encouraging more movement in the trails of the delay. If you want to achieve something that’s subtle but that still adds movement, keep the depth high and the rate slow. If you want the trails to be a more animated, dial the depth back slightly and increase rate.

A comment about the video.

For our rig, we’re using a Fender Duo Sonic through a Fender Deluxe. We’ll showcase each effect individually to get a sense of what we’re working with, then we’ll combine the two effects to see how they pair. Two Medicine will remain at longer delay times with increased feedback for more sustain, while we vary the depth and rate parameters on Aakii to capture an ambient-like atmosphere. The key thing to watch for in this one is how the Two Medicine’s characteristic changes as we adjust Aakii’s parameters. Enjoy!

Let’s make some noise!

Now that we’ve explored the possible, let’s go and create the impossible. Visit here for Aakii and here for Two Medicine.