need delay setting explanation

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hi,
I need to setup Delay following the instruction:
• Delay: 135ms, 0% feedback, 30% wet

When open Delay under Effect I have options:

Delay type:
Delay level per echo (db):
Delay time (seconds):
Pitch change effect:
Pitch change per echo:
Number of echoes:
Allow duration to change:

From those options the only thing I can obviously enter is Delay Time.
What option I have to select for required: Feedback and Wet

Thanks,
Michael.

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Those are not Audacity instructions are they? What are those instructions? Where do they come from? What are you trying to do?

The “Delay” effect shipped with Audacity is not a “feedback delay” so you will need to modify the instructions.
The settings that you probably need are:

Delay type: regular
Delay level per echo (db): -3.52
Delay time (seconds): 0.135
Pitch change effect: (not used)
Pitch change per echo: 0.0
Number of echoes: 1
Allow duration to change: Yes

You may need to adjust the “Delay level per echo (db)” because it is not completely clear what “30% wet” will be for the feedback delay that the instructions are referring to.

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Steve,

this is for sax track adjustment. Found on sax blog. The person not mention what soft he uses.

Saxophone mix recipes
Start here for a warm, ambient sax sound
• Delay: 135ms, 0% feedback, 30% wet
• EQ Band 1: +2dB at 800Hz
• EQ Band 2: +1dB at 2.5kHz
Start here for a hot, immediate sax sound
• Delay: 90ms, 0% feedback, 15% wet
• EQ Band 1: -2dB at 1.2kHz
• EQ Band 2: +4dB at 2.7kHz

Thanks for the quick reply. Will try your suggesiton.

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“0% feedback” means that you want “1” echo.
“Delay time” is the same. 1 second = 1000 ms, so for 90 ms you need to set the Audacity effect to 0.09 seconds.
“% Wet” is how “strong” the echo is. For a stronger echo in the Audacity effect, move the “Delay level per echo (db)” to the right - for a weaker echo, move the slider to the left.

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Thanks!