Flight Of The Wounded Bumblebee, What's the delay setting Nuno uses? Options

[Iluha]

So the topic preety much says it all, I want to learn how to play it but I have no idea what's the correct delay timing, anyone knows?

This is the song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxrhRitq_zU

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[Iluha]

Right, so I tried figuring it out for myself by using the incredible force of math!

This is the calculation I did for 80 bpm, sixteenth's notes, delay after one note(note 1, note 2, delay note 1, note 3, delay note 2, note 4, delay note 3, etc.)

So this is the calculation I did:
60 seconds/80 bpm = 0.75 second per beat
0.75*4=3 seconds per bar
it comes out that the delay should be an 8th note after I play the note, so 3/8=0.375ms delay time

So I tried it, but it doesn't sound right.. are my calculations wrong?

EDIT : Ok so I figured what's probalby wrong with my calculation and that is that it isn't every 8th note but every 3 16th notes.. but what's the right calculation?

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This post has been edited by Iluha: Jun 14 2008, 08:33 AM

[DeepRoots]

Here's what i get mate,

60 (seconds/minute) / 80 (bpm) = 0.75 s (quarter note duration)

0.75 / 4 (sixteenth note duration) * 3 = 0.5625 s

So delay time would be: 563 ms (or 562, whatever).

with feedback being : one repeat.

This will give you your note 1, note 2, delay note 1, note 3, delay note 2, note 4, delay note 3, etc ( I hope)

Does it work out okay?

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[Iluha]

Here's what i get mate,

60 (seconds/minute) / 80 (bpm) = 0.75 s (quarter note duration)

0.75 / 4 (sixteenth note duration) * 3 = 0.5625 s

So delay time would be: 563 ms (or 562, whatever).

with feedback being : one repeat.

This will give you your note 1, note 2, delay note 1, note 3, delay note 2, note 4, delay note 3, etc ( I hope)

Does it work out okay?

F*** me.. yes man, such a simple calculation.. thanks man!

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EDIT : Ok so I figured what's probalby wrong with my calculation and that is that it isn't every 8th note but every 3 16th notes..

Exactly!

This is the pattern



All notes in brackets are generated by the echo effect.
Deep's calculation is right. At full speed the delay should be set around 220ms.
Remember to play staccato as much as possible!!!!

/edit typo

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This post has been edited by Jerry Arcidiacono: Jun 14 2008, 09:16 AM

[Iluha]

Exactly!

This is the pattern



All notes in brackets are generated by the echo effect.
Deep's calculation is right. At full speed the delay should be set around 220ms.
Remember to play staccato as much as possible!!!!

/edit typo

This would be one hell of a thing to play on stage eh? I bet you already playd it sometime =p

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[Jerry Arcidiacon...]

Well, Nuno said different times that it's not a matter of speed, since you're playing eighted notes at circa 200 bpm.
The tricky part is to create this pattern and keep the tempo for the whole intro.

I played this one
When I was I child I did not have any effects so I started doubling each note
Kind of good alternate picking exercise!!
Anyway, it didn't sound the same

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[Iluha]

Well, Nuno said different times that it's not a matter of speed, since you're playing eighted notes at circa 200 bpm.
The tricky part is to create this pattern and keep the tempo for the whole intro.

I played this one
When I was I child I did not have any effects so I started doubling each note
Kind of good alternate picking exercise!!
Anyway, it didn't sound the same

Yeah it's not that tricky, but it's a great party trick to throw on stage I think I'll do it once I get the chance. already up to 150 bpm.. just 30 to go !

Oh and about keeping the tempo, you noticed he messed up the timing a bit around the middle part in the album version? even great musicians like him make mistakes sometimes

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This post has been edited by Iluha: Jun 14 2008, 09:40 AM

[Jerry Arcidiacon...]

I made a mp3 file from the CD.
I'm listening that part slowing down - 50% - with Windows Media Player.
It sounds pretty good to me.

When I hear it at 70-80% it seems that Nuno plays a little "after" the beat. Just a little.

Maybe those higher notes - and the resulting pattern - are the guilties! Kind of illusion, maybe.

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