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Default Delay strangeness

On 11/12/2020 4:08 am, Tobiah wrote:
I have a need for the type of delay effect that I
used to run a guitar through when I was a kid.
I really only need adjustments for delay time
and feedback.

So I've tried a few VST plugins, but they all
seem to suffer from a behavior that makes them
difficult to use to get the effect I'm looking
for.

The problem is that if I set the feedback to
50% say, I hear the original sound, then 'delay'
seconds later, that sound again at full volume,
followed by the usual tapering volume thereafter.
Something like this:

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When what I want is:

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Now, I realize that I can lower the output of the delay
so that the first echo is at the correct volume, but then
I have to fiddle with that level every time I adjust the
feedback level.

Anyone know of a free or low cost delay plugin that behaves
the way my old guitar pedals used to?



Practically any Delay plugin should behave as you expect by default, I
would have thought. And save your fave as a preset, or does the one
you've got not support presets either ?

geoff