Scott Henderson Discussion

[kubicki84]

Hi Scott, can you tell me what the synth sound was that you used on "Worlds Waiting"?

[Scott Henderson]

It's not a synth, it's a multi-tap stereo delay with chorus, used with a volume pedal. Allan Holdsworth is the inventor of delays used in this way. There are several ways to do it. Live, I'm using a mono delay and I posted my settings in round 2.5. In the studio, the left side is a 90ms tap which feeds a 350ms tap. The right side is a 150ms tap which feeds a 450ms tap. The 90 and 150 taps have no feedback, but the 350 and 450 do, as much as you need depending on how long you want the sound to sustain. The 350 side should have more feedback than the 450 side, so they both die out at the same time.