deepblue Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Can someone sum up in as few words as possible the difference between a digital and an analog delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Can someone sum up in as few words as possible the difference between adigital and an analog delay? Difference between a video camera that uses a tape and one that stores the images on a hard drive, (i.e. digital). I'm sure there are people who use this stuff in their jobs and can explain it much better than I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Analog delay: Imagine a line of laid back, hippy monkeys, each with a guitar just like yours. They're sitting on little stools in a cunning arrangement such that each monkey can only hear the monkey sat before him. The first monkey hears what you played, turns to the next monkey and plays it back to him. He then turns, and plays to the next monkey. At each stage, little mistakes are introduced due to the hippy monkeys' inherent laid-back-ness. At the end, the last monkey plays, and his guitar is connected to the output. The monkeys are in a big big circle, and the first monkey, as well as hearing what you're playing, can also hear the last monkey - but not very well. There's a baffle between them, which cuts down how much he can hear. The first monkey plays both what you're playing and what he can hear of what the last monkey is playing, and this is passed on as before. Now imagine the monkeys are tiny, as before, with tiny guitars and tiny stools and a tiny baffle. They're in a box. A knob labelled “feedback” controls the baffle. Then, kapoosh! The monkeys disappear and are replaced by a Bucket Brigade chip, and off we go. Digital delay: Exactly the same as analog delay, but there are many more monkeys, and they're all actuaries and very precise. Some people miss the laid-back-ness of the hippy monkeys, but many like knowing that little actuary monkeys are taking very good care of what they're playing. Some of the monkeys know special tricks, like making what they play come out of the output even though they're not the last monkey. Source: Analogman.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 Analog delay:Imagine a line of laid back' date=' hippy monkeys, each with a guitar just like yours. They're sitting on little stools in a cunning arrangement such that each monkey can only hear the monkey sat before him. The first monkey hears what you played, turns to the next monkey and plays it back to him. He then turns, and plays to the next monkey. At each stage, little mistakes are introduced due to the hippy monkeys' inherent laid-back-ness. At the end, the last monkey plays, and his guitar is connected to the output. The monkeys are in a big big circle, and the first monkey, as well as hearing what you're playing, can also hear the last monkey - but not very well. There's a baffle between them, which cuts down how much he can hear. The first monkey plays both what you're playing and what he can hear of what the last monkey is playing, and this is passed on as before. Now imagine the monkeys are tiny, as before, with tiny guitars and tiny stools and a tiny baffle. They're in a box. A knob labelled “feedback” controls the baffle. Then, kapoosh! The monkeys disappear and are replaced by a Bucket Brigade chip, and off we go. [b']Digital delay:[/b] Exactly the same as analog delay, but there are many more monkeys, and they're all actuaries and very precise. Some people miss the laid-back-ness of the hippy monkeys, but many like knowing that little actuary monkeys are taking very good care of what they're playing. Some of the monkeys know special tricks, like making what they play come out of the output even though they're not the last monkey. Source: Analogman.com lol!....very nice. I think I get it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 lol!....very nice. I think I get it now. Me too...but now I have monkey poop on my shoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mick Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 that was the coolest answer I've ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I might be wrong but the only real analog delay is a tape delay. Everything else should fall into digital category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I might be wrong but the only real analog delay is a tape delay. Everything else should fall into digital category. So basically, you're talking the old EchoPlex was analog??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I might be wrong but the only real analog delay is a tape delay. Everything else should fall into digital category. Nope, tape delay is analog but uses tape; what is commonly called an "analog delay" uses analog bucket brigade chips and is also an analog effect. In both devices, your signal is never converted to a digital signal; you can also compare a vinyl record - it doesn't use tape either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Chanman posted this one time and I liked it! Echoecho echo echo echo Digital Delay....Digital Delay.....Digital Delay....Digital Delay.....Digital Delay.... Analogue Delay....Analogue Del.... Analogue d... ana... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 So basically' date=' you're talking the old EchoPlex was analog???[/quote'] Man... I had a fender echo-chamber back in 1965. Damn thing was ALWAYS broken. It would have been okay if it didn't have to be loaded up, moved, set up, torn down, loaded up...etc ..... several times a week. But it WAS cool! I think you can just barely see it in this photo, (between the legs of the guy playing the Strat): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 Chanman posted this one time and I liked it! Echoecho echo echo echo Digital Delay....Digital Delay.....Digital Delay....Digital Delay.....Digital Delay.... Analogue Delay....Analogue Del.... Analogue d... ana... I like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba_leon Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 The sine waves are different. The analog delay will have a smooth sinuous path, while the digital wave is tightly bitmapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 What Color are the little guitar monkeys I want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myspace.com/jessenoah Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I have some for sale invisible guitar for sale, 50 dollars per monkey, with HSC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 What Color are the little guitar monkeys I want one. You'll have to open Bubba's bitmap in MS Paint to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwness Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 The sine waves are different. The analog delay will have a smooth sinuous path' date=' while the digital wave is tightly bitmapped.[/quote'] Analog has round curve at the top and bottom where digital has a square wave and the top and bottom. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmurray Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Great answer Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I like the Hardwire DL-8. No Monkees in there...... Well, maybe Mickey..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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