The Flashback Triple Delay is an Ambient Drone Machine!
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Learn how to turn the TC Electronic Flashback Triple Delay into an Ambient Drone Machine by using its three delay lines in series. Delay 1 is used to create a low ambient drone while delays 2 and 3 add spacious delays to an ambient lead line, played with a distorted overdriven lead tone or an EBow.
There is a "secret sauce" configuration that I will demonstrate in the video that opens up the Ambient Drone capabilities of the Flashback Triple Delay!
Also, one of the great things about stacking the Flashback Triple's delay with this technique is that you really don't need a reverb to get a full ambient soundscape. One less pedal to worry about!
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Has anyone else experimented with the buffered bypass option on the Flashback Triple Delay. I would be very interested in hearing about your experience!
I love my TC Triple Delay. I changed the bypass before I even hooked it up ;-). I have an old version of the TC Alter Ego that I run in mono (to double the delay time) for the same purpose but your way is much, much easier. Thank you for sharing!
I'm a gonna do it right now.... Will report back!
Not got a TC Triple, but I'm going to set up a patch to achieve something similar with my DD-500!
Very interesting Bill! Could you do something similar with the Ocean Machine? Would love to see that. Cheers from Portugal.
Bill, I just started messing with this and it sounds amazing. One thing I've noticed is that when I turn on delay 2 and 3 the drone gets a lot louder. I'm guessing I will need to turn the mix down for delay 2 and 3 to make it sound a bit more even.
Just received a Flashback Triple for a drone/ ambient project. I've been thinking out every possible fancy way to change drone smoothly in your "switch off drone mode" (for instance to another chord/ new drone), even tried manipulating time or feedback with an exp pedal with little success... I found out that the most effective way for me to do this is by using the delay type knob as "kill switch" (if you move it to another position it stops the delays, so a little tick on a nearby position an then again on the desired position is enough to reset) and it goes as follows: set up the drone, switch off to play over it, switch on - fade out with mix knob - on off with delay tipe knob, make new drone. If you have the pedal on a desk like me and you do it with one hand on the feedback knob and one hand on the mix knob it can be very fast and efficient. Hope it helps someone like me a few hours ago :)
8:25 “ohhhhohohoh yeah!”
Same feeling I had brother
You are the opposite of a shred guitarist. I heard tell that you once played an entire gig with just two plucked notes. I salute you sir. Well done.
You are a Jedi Master of the Ambient world. Many thanks.
And thanks for the kind words!
hey man of all the videos out there, and there's a lot, you have the most consistent, best narrative, and best sounding videos out there, thank you so much, just stepped in from playing with 2 stacked delays on my new GT1 and I think that with your tips I can get to make the best out of it, thank you so much!! saludos desde Chile
Settings I got from the video:
*Delay 1: 2290 Mod*
Time: 3 seconds
Repeats: Max
Mix: Max
Subdiv:
*Delay 2: Ping Pong*
Time: 80 BPM
Repeats:
Mix:
Subdiv:
*Delay 3: Tape*
Time:
Repeats:
Mix:
Subdiv: dotted eight notes
I've been trying to get something similar going for gigs, either for transitions between songs or for more drone-based songs. This was really cool. Thanks for the tips 😊
That is an awesome drone! It’s got Explosions in the Sky or This Will Destroy You type of vibes!
You my man are a legend. Merry Christmas 🌹
This is fantastic teaching. You are a true master at this genre!
Thanks very much!
Beautiful playing with the ebow
You always manage to keep it simple but beautiful. Thanks a lot for sharing your enthusiasm and inspiration, Bill!
This is what I love about Bill's videos - everything he shows is something anyone can recreate.
Love your vids- you have the perfect voice for guided meditation. Thanks
Thanks very much for the kind words!!
dear bill, you have it all. your beautiful voice eloquently tells me what i need in less time than i have to spend. (i need the rest of my time to play lifelong lead lines over eternal drones.)
This guy is Totally the Bob Ross of guitar pedals LOL
Robby Suter I literally thought the same thing!
me too
Just gunna throw a happy little B right here...maybe his little buddy F# sitting under it, but you can play what ever notes you want.....
😂
100%
Continue and continue and con- tin- yoooo ! Bill that was something else ny friend and the drone effect was amazing - luv a duv duvved it Bill ! Thank yoooooo.....
Very inspirational Bill! Really dig your gig my friend!
bought a Little Alligator today. There was no second choice after watching your vids... Thanks for the inspiration!
Sweet! I am sure you will love it as much as I love mine!
Great job on the vids, Bill. I stop by periodically then end up binging:)
Thanks!!
This
Is
Awesome.
Man I love listening to pink floyd and now that they are pretty much done making music this is the kind of stuff that i find closest to what they did at a time. I'm not sure if you have an album out but you need one out of not. This stuff gives me chills. Good luck man and keep making awesome music!
Just brilliant. Thank you. I've been "inventing from scratch" and watching your work here is very inspiring. I just found a used triple delay and look forward to experimenting. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience, Bill!
So glad you found a used Triple Delay and thanks!!!!
I just picked up a Triple Delay yesterday and love it! Also have the X4 and an EHX Canyon Delay ( shimmer, octave, s/h and reverb make it very creative)
Using your settings and instructions I am very excited to get using the Triple Delay. Your sounds are just perfect for what I am looking for, and saves me about 6 months of tweaking!
Thank you!
Can the flashback x4 also keep its delay going when the footswitch is off in buffered bypass mode?
I love your outlook and ways to make sounds so much man ! Good stuff !
Thanks very much!!
Very usefull tips and tricks. Many thanks!
thanks for sharing the knowledge.i am on board from now on!
Very cool 8-) And it certainly is very inspirin'. I feel so inspired now that I'm gonna set up a drone and do some lead with my Radial Tonebone Plexitube Distortion when I get time. Keep up the good work!!
Cool! BTW, Love the Plexitube. I have a Classic Tonebone with a vintage tube in it. Sounds pretty cool too!
This is fun...This is the delay I have been looking for. thank you Bill.
Glad you found your delay! :-) and thanks!
I played the low B and wondered why it wasn't as low as yours, then remembered 'baritone' so added my sub'n'up into the chain......fixed it ;-)
Bill,
This is another great video and we all thank you for it. You inspired me to get back into guitar after 23 years. I didn't realize how accessible Frippertronics and ambient guitars have become!
I have a Triple Delay and I'm running a Pigtronix Philosopher King into it as my compressor/sustainer/grit/envelope filter all-in-one (it's an interesting pedal). I had my triple delay set up with a serial seven-second unmodulated 2290 into Space into Tape for a few weeks before this came out. I was getting a great drone but couldn't figure out how to expand beyond that without a looper.
This is helpful advice! Thanks for being a real experimentalist and teacher!
39 years for me ! Bill does a great job with his tutorials for certain.
15 years for me and I like this style a lot.
Thank you, I love your channel and your sound
Ive watched this vidja quite a few time now. I have the TC TD just for this. I additon its perfect for a cover band. No tweaking.
this pedal works great for a satch type delay tone since he stacks his delays as well!
Your videos are EXCELLENT.
Excellent video! I’m going to have to get a triple delay now
I have spent a fortune because of this series of vids lol
that drone with ebow-lead is awesome.... very ethereal
absolutely wonderful!
Thanks!
Love this!! I can get something similar with an M9. Must play some more with this!!
ambiguation I got close to this with an M13. The algorithm is a little more fickle in the Line 6. I ran 2 delays and a synth patch from my m13 into a line 6 verbzilla on the octo setting. I loved watching people's faces when the synth would run the "Moving in Stereo (The Cars)" filter sweep into the 2 delays and out to the shimmer effect.
You are the man! Just amazing :)
I LOVE this vídeo. I think it's going to make buy this delay pedal. That drone is amazing. I wonder if the drone can be even more modifiable
Yes - you could change the drone by using a different delay type, etc.
I don't use pedals normally, having an all digital home studio setup. This sound is what I have been searching for and couldn't quite replicate with delay plugins. It looks like I need a Holy Grail, this pedal, and an overdrive of some sort to run into my preamp. Maybe I'll check out that Sunset.
The Sunset is a good one for sure!
Killer drones. Thanks for your amazing videos, I've just subscribed - I create ambient/drone music and have been searching far and wide for solutions to create looped textures (live). May try this Flashback triple (was thinking of the 2 originally). My problem is in a live set I only have 2 aux sends on my mixer so need to think strategically about how to split the FX and instruments, mainly for maximum control over drones/textures, dry and wet signals. If anyone else is doing something similar would love to hear what your setup is!
This is awesome!
This is great... thanks!
Very interesting can’t wait to try something like this myself. Would work well with a looper as well to add some crystalline arps.
yes indeed!
love this. inspiring!!
Thanks so much!!!
Wonderful!
Great video.
Thanks very much!!
Love your videos.
Thank you!
I love to compose ambient music, but i have never played any guitars before!. This is really inspiring and makes me wanna go and buy a guitar just so i can do this!.
I'm into samplers, synths and drum machines. Just because you don't play guitar, doesn't mean you can't use pedals.
really ispiring, I'm experimenting ;-D thank you
Man, your voice is mezmerizing.
This was amazing
Thanks!
I love your stuff
I Love this!
great! i do love it. i do ge it!
Very nice 😎👍
So good, love your vids :-)
Thanks for letting me know!
great tips. cool shoes.
Noting that you can set all the delays to double by turning the subdiv knob to one of the right most settings. Dotted eights plus sixteenths etc. You could technically add six delays altogether.
Thx Bill
I think you said somewhere that you cannot use the tap tempo to set the tempo for all delays. You can if they are all on. Hope that helps! I bought triple and it’s just amazing so thanks!!
Hi Bil,good stuff as always,Triple Delay it's a "Magic Machine" I have it since three years now and would not trade it with anything els ein the category,as I said it's "Magic" ;-)
I totally agree - Magic!!
Bill did you ever tried the Digitech Trio Band Creator+? It's an amzing device to play with ;-)
awesome!
Bill your one funny guy good sounds by the way and i love my baritone to
lad, great stuff!
Thanks!
Thanks Bill.... didn't know about the "buffered bypass drone loop capability". I had a Triple, but sold it for a Timeline. In hindsight: what I liked about the Triple is it's simplicity: what you see is what you get. With the Timeline, I'm still experimenting with the vast-ness of the settings and so far, haven't used it in any of my pieces. I've found the Timeline, BigSky and Mobius are darn near a year's worth of experimenting with to get it under control!.... nice piece you did there, thanks......
Hey Bill - I remember when i first got my timeline. It was pretty daunting. But after a while the options start to make sense and it gets a lot easier!
Every day I tell myself, "just keep kicking down the doors!" Thanks for the encouragement......
The TimeLine has a looper built in. You could set the drone to that. It won't decay, but at least you would have a drone going.
Yep - and just in case you didn't see this recent demo: ruclips.net/video/ZZNukHx6vL0/видео.html
Yes, thanks, I did experiment with the Timeline looper after watching Bill's demo mentioned below. It's a very cool looper, and I expect that I will use it in some of my pieces. I do have a Boss RC-300 (3 track) looper and also a Ditto X2 which is on the bench. I have the RC-300 after the volume pedal and before the effects, so it only loops the dry tones. Which is good, usually. I do like the ability of the Timeline looper to record the delayed/effected signal and loop that, then while it's playing the loop, I can change the delay engine for any new sounds I play. Pretty cool.
Im amazed. Your a god
Eggzellent!
Hey Bill. Thank you so much for youre videos. Ive been a fan for a long time now. If its not too much, could you please write the settings for each delay? Time, repeat, mix and subdiv? I know you mention most of them in the video, but i just cant get the drone sound and i got TC elec to check that i am in buffered mode. Again thank you so much.
Søren
Can you please do a video of the tc electronic x4 delay pedal. Thanks
Pedals are great because you can also use them with synthesizers besides guitars. I play guitar and keyboards.
Agreed!
Id like to be like you un dime aspectos,
Thanks mate
ooooh my god that was cool
The kind of the videos that you see by mistake and you instantly subscribe..
Thanks very much for subscribing!
Ok that IS interesting! You posted this 2 years ago! I wonder if you still like this Triple Delay as much as you did back then? Im looking into getting my self some interesting delays but this one having the looping option really gets my full attention and seeing you drool over it I kinda wanna have one too :D Thanks as per usual!
Oh yes, I still love my Triple Delay!
Pretty cool idea and delay! I sort of have the same experience but not with the Flashback Triple Delay, but with the strymon Bigsky. There's a factory setting that when you pluck the note, it stays on for infinity. :)
Nice! I actually have a Big Sky on the way, and will be sure to check it out!
Oh... I can't wait for those videos...
Oh cool! The setting is call For Days and it's in bank 10.
You will love that pedal. So many features and fun things you could do.
Take a look at this link on Strymon's site. It is a recent blog post that David Helpling provided. Great combination for Timeline and Bigsky together: www.strymon.net/this-weeks-preset-timeline-bigsky-waiting-for-the-wind-from-david-helpling/
Hi Bill,
Let’s say someone wants to get the same effect (in series) with a few delay pedals they have or may get, have you tried stacking delay pedals and if so, would you say it’s preferable to have digital first and analog second in the chain, or the other way around?
Thanks,
James
Even your voice has Ambience
I have yet to see any oscillation demonstration done with the TC Triple Delay. I would hope running in series, would boast some cool chaos. As I would want to add that into a shimmer effect. I.E. Angelic chaos
Always love your videos, unique style......in your opinion, so you recommend that little alligator volume pedal? I’ve been looking at ma y but have not found one I like. It looks nice and compact? Any issues with it so far?
Thanks......keep it coming.....👍
I HIGHLY recommend the Little Alligator. I've had mine for more than 10 years, and it is rock solid and sounds great!
Bill. Will you do a video demonstrating how to go into the back of the pedal to put it into buffered bypass.
Its crazy that the dip switch is actually inside of the pedal requiring you to take it apart to access it.
George Johnson yep, the same happens with the Alter Ego X4, there's 7 screws to deal with! I turned on the buffered bypass and I'm afraid I won't turn it off so soon... haha
Anderson Ziemmer
It's a pain to unscrew too. After realizing typical allen wrenches wouldn't work I found out I has to use a special electronic tool.
It would have been nice for TC to include that information in the manual.
Bill. As always another great video. Just found your channel and really enjoying your vids.. been noticing these units on reverb going for
Glad you liked the video! Unfortunately, the Flashback 2 X4 can only play one delay at a time. So while you could create a delay with a very long decay time for the drone, you would need another pedal for a shorter delays.
I like the Earthy green color of this guitar. Just curious if you play most your P-90 equipped guitars in the neck and bridge position? Also... I haven't seen you play any standard scale guitars with P-90s; do you recommend those as well or do you feel they only have value in Baritone scale guitars for ambient styles. Lastly, do you feel pure mahogany guitars like Gibson's Firebird and SG lend themselves to Ambient styles... I don't see these 2 that often. I really enjoy your channel; best wishes.
Hello Sir, sit here with my triple dealy in front of me with the paln to open up the back to change the knob to buffered bypass, but with what kind of screwd river and what size of it is it possible to open up the back of the pedal? A desperate fan:((
I love my triple delay
🖤
nice guitar pattern t shirt ;)
I need this delay
I need this PRS 277 baritone
Hi I've looked for these DIP switches to change to buffered bypass but I can't find them at all. Any clues guys? Took the back plate off but theres no obvious switches near the DC input or on the left where the manual says? Help please
If the switches are not where the manual says they should be, then I would suggest contacting TC Electronic support.
Nice tut! Is it possible to control the feedback/repeats of delay 1 with the exp pedal or via midi control? Cheers
Yes it is. You can control the Delay Time, Delay Feedback or Delay Level of any or all of the 3 delay engines via expression pedal. There's a nice little section in the manual that describes how to set up a patch. Pretty cool!
So have you given us a tutorial on changing the true bypass to buffered bypass in the tc electronics triple flashback delay? I have one.... and need to know how to switch it over. Is there a certain switch just for the #1 switch and not the others? Thanks
Just download the manual from the TC site - it describes how to set.
If you want to change you drone note, can you use an expression pedal to flush it somehow, for instance nixing the infinite repeats? I'm doing something like that on the H9.
PS that triple delay sounds gorgeous.
Hmm. I don't think that an expression pedal will allow you to specifically change the pitch. You would do things more like change the delay time, repeats, etc.
That's what I mean. Use an expression pedal to turn the repeats down, which will fade out your first drone, and you can start a new one.
Not sure whether it's possible to route this on this single box but if you could take the output of reverb 1 to a Quintessence you could polyphonically modulate the drone without cancelling it.
You can definitely do this with the ocean machine. Idk about the triple delay
Can you switch to buffered bypass with the flashback as well?
Yes indeed!
Do you need this if you have the GT1000? Is it that much better? Thanks. Great channel
Can you recreate this on the GT1000?
You purchased yet another P-90 equipped PRS Baritone! I am guessing this is becoming your favorite format for Ambient Guitar. Do those P-90s produce hum, because I really don't hear it in your playing? Loving the drone.
I do indeed love the PRS SE-277, especially the semi-hollow version. And yes, the P-90s are very noisy unless you have the pickup selector set in the middle. Fortunately, I really like that tone. I am thinking about trying noiseless P-90s in one of them to see how they sound.
Very intriguing pedal. Do you find it limiting that there is no ability to store patches Bill?
I don't have a problem with the lack of patches, but I can see how it could be a limitation for a live player who likes to do a lot of settings switching during a show.
Great video as always Bill!! I really want an experimental digital delay, i already have a memory boy deluxe, and i'm torn between triple delay and memory man with hazarai!! Do you have any experience with the hazarai pedal? I also like avalanche run but here in europe they go way expensive!! What's your opinion?
I don't have any experience with the Hazarai, but in general, I prefer the sound of TCE delays over EHX. I can say this - If I had to choose between the Triple Delay and the Avalanche Run, the Triple Delay would win for sure.
Thank you for answering Bill!!! Greetings from Greece!!! :)
Hey im a rookie at refining tone and I was wondering if a reverb pedal is even necessary with this pedal?
Not really. I've done a number of recordings with the just the Triple Delay.
Would you know if this is possible with the Specular Tempus? wondering if I should get the Tempus (a superior reverb algorithm + a delay all in one) or to get the flashback and another delay pedal.
This specific technique is not possible with the Specular Tempus, as it does not have 3 independent delay lines.
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