I just got a minimoog voyager and its awesome! my question is how can i create a delay effect?
If you own a voyager I presume you have a DAW and interface. Use the DAW to create an efx bus with a delay. If you are looking for a delay unit may I suggest a Roland space echo or a korg stage echo tape delay.
You have to go offboard for effects. There are none in the Voyager. I suggest the Strymon El Capistan as a good unit.
These previous delay suggestions are great, my personal favorite is Eventide’s Timefactor. One thing to think about is analog delay vs. digital, both have their merits, abilities, strengths and weakness
If you have all kinds of money, get a Diamond Memory Lane II (or a 104Z if you can find one). If you don’t have all kinds of money, buy a EHX Memory Boy Jr.
If you want digital, the Strymon recommendation is a very good one, they have a number of high end DSP driven pedals. If you like using a DAW, you should check out the UAD II from Universal; the RE-201 is very nice.
I use a DAW called FL studio, and it has this awesome delay plugin called “fruity delay bank”. It is as the name implies: a bank of delays, but it also allows you to construct your own delay patterns from scratch. By delay “pattern” I mean you can chain 8 different delays together! It can get pretty wild, but because it’s digital it never gets too chaotic. Panning and volume control among several other adjustable parameters for each delay you switch on. It really is an amazing plugin, providing the delay hungry with infinite possibilities. Now I want to go play with it.
FWIW, I use both a Deluxe Memory Man, and a Boss RE-20 (depending on if I want an analog BBD delay or a tape echo emulation for a particular recording). Strymon El Capistan is an even better tape echo machine emulation (lots of control over many parameters), but it is costlier and only mono (even though it has two outputs, it doesn’t process both channels separately like the Boss RE-20).
I also occasionally use a Boss DD-7 when need absolutely pristine digital repeats without degradation.
Choose what best suits your needs.
One of my favorite things to do with my voyager and MF-104z is to patch it into the post mixer/pre filter insert… Set the delay time pretty quick, and the feedback about 6, and the mix to taste. It adds so much more ‘air’ to the patch, especially when changing notes and the analog delay catches up… It sounds pretty awesome. Very subtle, but awesome. I think i actually prefer it to delaying the total output.
Not sure how it would sound with a digital delay though, would be worth trying.