Tips for delay tones?

Like the above guy said, what do you mean? Delay is a rabbit hole. Are we talking delay on a snare? Delay on a guitar? Delay on a vocal? 60s-sounding delay? 80s-sounding delay? Metallic delay? Ambient delay? Feedback?

The best way to learn delay is to listen intently to your favorite tracks and then try to get a delay sound like they've got.
 
Perhaps this isn't what's being asked but without any further information...

Lets say we have a function box. We send a dry signal to that box. This box will split that signal into at least two (often times more). Half of this now split signal passes through dry, the other half is sent back and played at a later time (and almost always) at a lower volume. Sometimes the half of the signal that is sent back is split again...and again, and again each time it is sent back. This will achieve multiple delays that trail off until there is no volume. (Do note that some functions for delay make all the splits at once, so if you only want to hear the delay trail attack three times, you could make that happen).

The two important knobs on most delays are marked 'Regen' (How loud the delay trails are) and 'Delay' (how far apart the delays are in time).

If the delays are not in regular intervals, and are playing back at a variety of volumes, that's reverb.
 
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