I'm trying to activate ducking in a delay fx slot to attenuate the delay when I pick softly.
As soon as I move the ducking parameter lower than 0 I hear no delay at all. I was expecting to hear no delay if I pick very softly and more delay gradually as I increase the attack on the strings.
Am I missing something?
ducking question (SOLVED)
- lk_bill
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Lower than 0 means it will increase with the guitar signal - I guess if there's no guitar signal it's completely silent. You need to INCREASE the ducking, so it ducks MORE when something is playing.
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I've read the manual and it says:
"Turn it to the right for the typical ducking behavior: the effect will be attenuated when you play your instrument strongly.
By turning the “Ducking” parameter to the left half, you will reverse this behavior: now, as you play stronger, the effect will become more prominent."I read it as:
clockwise, less delay if you play hard.
Counter-clockwise, more fx if you play hard.that's why I've set the parameter to the left (to hear more delay when I play hard, and less delay when I play soft). But I hear no delay at all in that case.
I've tried clockwise and the delay is as prominent even if I play very softly.
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Sorry, I got turned around somewhere... You're right of course!
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No worries Mike.
Anyone from the community or from Kemper can chime in as to why I get no delay at all when I turn the parameter to the left? -
Have you tried to turn it all the way to the left?
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Have you tried to turn it all the way to the left?
I might have. I'll double check when I'm in front of the Kemper.
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All the way to the left does not help. Still no delay heard.
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How are you listening to your kemper? What is whatever speaker you're listening on connected to the Kemper, and what are the output settings?
Can you hear the delay when the ducking parameter is set at zero?
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Oh yes sure i can hear the delay when set at 0. Was trying to understand what the ducking parameter is for, that’s all.
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Hmm.. it sounds like this may be a bug. Contact support to get it sorted out - there's a link in my signature
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Email sent to support. Will update when I hear from them.
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The problem with the negative ducking is that it is placed after the delay, thus it will duck the delayed signal as soon as the guitar signal is low. When there is no guitar signal present, there will be no delay...which kinda makes it useless for delay as it will kill tails completely as soon as you're not playing a note.
Had the ducking acted on delay input, this would have worked
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Ducking can be changed to either "pre or post" based on the soft button in the delay module.
If set to "pre" you will hear the delay when in negative values and when set to "post" you will hear delay when set in positive values.
Obviously at zero there is no ducking so the soft button doesn't matter.
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Ducking can be changed to either "pre or post" based on the soft button in the delay module.
If set to "pre" you will hear the delay when in negative values and when set to "post" you will hear delay when set in positive values.
Obviously at zero there is no ducking so the soft button doesn't matter.
cheersI must try that. I did not see the pre/post soft menu. I'll check when I'm home.
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Thanks a lot AussieJoe, you helped me resolve the issue.
I was not seeing the pre-post because I was using a legacy delay.
I've switched to the new delays and the ducking works as expected. The delay stops being audible the further I go to the left when I pick softly. And the reverse is true when I set the parameter to the right.
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Ducking can be changed to either "pre or post" based on the soft button in the delay module.
If set to "pre" you will hear the delay when in negative values and when set to "post" you will hear delay when set in positive values.
Obviously at zero there is no ducking so the soft button doesn't matter.
cheers
Ah, didn't notice they've added that option! Excellent -
Happy to help
cheers