Maybe its just me...But...delay and arpeggiators have me all confused...
To my ears/brain...They both sound the "SAME".
I know they are 2 things that are totally different...One...a time delay based effect. And the other...basically a looper function that cycles thru different note patterns at whatever speed of your choosing.
But for some reason, My brain/ear picks them up as being the same sound/effect and therefore I have a hard time discerning whether an instrument/sound I hear in a song is either...
A) An arpeggiator at work on the pluck/lead
or simply...
B) A time delay based effect such as Delay/Reverb/Echo on the pluck/lead.
Most of my confusion mainly stems from arpeggiators. Since I am still a newbie in sound design...To me...an arpeggiator sounds just like a ping pong time delay based effect. Therefore...it just confuses me even more.
So...
1. Can anyone try and explain the 2 differences 'sonically' in layman's terms as best they can...so I can better paint a picture in my head whats going on with a lead/pluck that I hear...???
2. Is it pretty simple for a newbie to get these 2 mixed up/confused...OR...is this just my ears needing more ear/audio training...???
Any tips/suggestions would be helpful.
To my ears/brain...They both sound the "SAME".
I know they are 2 things that are totally different...One...a time delay based effect. And the other...basically a looper function that cycles thru different note patterns at whatever speed of your choosing.
But for some reason, My brain/ear picks them up as being the same sound/effect and therefore I have a hard time discerning whether an instrument/sound I hear in a song is either...
A) An arpeggiator at work on the pluck/lead
or simply...
B) A time delay based effect such as Delay/Reverb/Echo on the pluck/lead.
Most of my confusion mainly stems from arpeggiators. Since I am still a newbie in sound design...To me...an arpeggiator sounds just like a ping pong time delay based effect. Therefore...it just confuses me even more.
So...
1. Can anyone try and explain the 2 differences 'sonically' in layman's terms as best they can...so I can better paint a picture in my head whats going on with a lead/pluck that I hear...???
2. Is it pretty simple for a newbie to get these 2 mixed up/confused...OR...is this just my ears needing more ear/audio training...???
Any tips/suggestions would be helpful.