KORG DL8000R - Italo de Angelis
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1. 500ms MODDLY Half a second delay with spectacular modulation going on Chorused echo on the verge of flanging AMBIENT GTR 2 Eventide plex style multitap modulated delays They pan in wide and narrow stereo fields at different times Play sparsely sustained notes and your delays create a detuning verb aura of singular beauty OCTACHORUS 2 A tighter 8 voice chorus than OCTACHORUS More intimate and less spread FOREVERVERB Delays cluster up in an ambient reverb and modulation adds the magic Nice filtering for warmth You ll hear surviving taps in the distance and more warble but still everything remains so musical Play it sparsely for the best verb effect staccato playing creates circles of delay taps how is that possible ENO HALL Enter the ambient master mind So 224XL sounding even though crispier Nice midrange textural reverb made of hundreds of repeating taps Modulation moves the heart Sustained notes take off to a distant cloud Very few DSP processors can do reverbs like this and you d have to pay top cash for them Gotta love this cute DL8000R ECHOVERB 2 panning delay clusters evolve in a modulated reverb on sustained notes Staccato playing sounds very diffused smeared DIFFDLYS 500 Half a second tight stereo delays with thick diffusion A typical Lexicon smeared tone on echoes And modulation adds the juice Use TRIGGER for Tap Tempo sync DYNAMIC DLY TC2290 classic mono modulated and filtered delay ducke2. NO NER DIE 00 0 DIGITAL MULTI TAP DELAY Italo De Angelis Presets Librarye 2013 FX SOUNDWORKS POWER T 00 lim wo MER l panii Fi EJ ITAL MULTI TAP DELAY ENTER RETURN TRIGGER BYPASS 0 A B S P Welcome What s this Korg DL8000R all about VVhy this unit is even worth a presets library How many people do really know about this FX box Well it s all about TRUE STEREO 8 voice MultiTap Delays with 2 feedback paths an LFO to modulate them all a great parametric EQ at input stage and hicut lowcut filters in the feedback paths and dynamic MIDI CCs control of what you can come up with And TONE A lot of it 1 8bit 48KHz MultiTap delays are the basis for many many spectacular effects from the very early great digital reverbs textures to modern plexes and multi voice delays you all have in your multi fx devices This is a dedicated unit One structure ready for all sort of tweaks taking you to very different places from grainy reverbs to clusters of taps fading into verb choruses and flangers and a mix of both add delays to them maybe w Tap Tempo mono or stereo delays with modulation and filtering swept filters multiTap delays creating beds of wild panning rhythms for animated comping classic PCM42 PCM70 H3000 TC2290 TC1210 Dyno My Piano TSC delays ducking amp panning echoes with modulation delay pads for swells and ambient space enhanced soundscapes vibrato and tr
3. and here are my settings ENV SENS 22 ENVRLS 18 TRGTHR 23 You may need to change these values to best adapt dynamic fx you ll know them by the single presets descriptions that follow in this booklet to your rig signal levels There is no rule here just trial and adjust Learn what these parameters do from the User Manual Once you find your best settings here YOU MUST store them in the system and they will work for all presets To store them press the VALUE knob and you ll be prompted by an ugly WRUTIL SURE screen Press VALUE one more time to execute storage These values will work for ALL presets using DYNAMICs control They cannot be stored at different values for each single preset Some effects triggered chorus flanger panning vibrato use the LFO internal audio triggering settings These can be found in the LFO menu and can be saved FOR the single preset To use the LFO audio triggering feature you enter the LFO menu and set LFO TRIG ON and set TRIG THR to the best value for your rig which could possibly be different from mine The WARP knob is a powerful beast It can control a lot of parameters at the same time In these presets you ll often find the Warp tied to something maybe an overall level or a modulation speed details are in the presets descriptions Use the WARP to hear the changes and press it to return to the stored settings How powerful amp cool is that All this INFO is provided to best understand h
4. E BIODYNAMIC PRESETS Time frequencies content space perception and delays localization amp modulation what if we try to alter them in dynamic ways depending on the player biological energy Here s a set of highly interactive effects you have never heard before Use a compressor and you ll hear living breathing delays changing in colors and placement ORD NK Hyper comb filtered stereo delays with an organic flanging texture The high freqs in the feedback path are limited by the LFO reducing their life span in the echoes Change delay times manually if you need longer ones Warp raises feedback creating a tape like suspended bed you can use as a pad The LFO will take care of any run away limiting LORD ST NAW Same as the previous one with longer stereo delays BIO DLYS TT Tap Tempo assisted biodelays These chorused delays have their high frequency content limited by the LFO in offset ways resulting in unpredictable psycho panning effect Warp raises feedback creating a tape like suspended bed you can add notes to The LFO will take care of any run away limiting BIO DLYS TT2 Same as the previous one with ducking added BIOSPHERE Takin high here Breathing multitap delays reverb with high freqs limited by the LFO Its feedback loops are consistently processed to provide a warm sounding low mid warm halo Nice wavering of panning modulated taps Warp controls reverb level ON VAN Verb layers are high fregs limi
5. ated and filtered to vintage sounding texture VVARP controls delay level TRIGGER sets Tap Tempo STEREO PCM42 Two PCM42s in a preset Set at identical delay times values for true stereo THICK rendition of the Lexi delay WARP controls delay level TRIGGER sets Tap Tempo 2 PCM42 The two PCM42s here are set for Ping Pong 1 4 note 1 8 note delay pattern Still warm TRIGGER sets Tap Tempo 2 PCM42 2 The two PCM42s set for a shuffle feel Ping Pong delay TRIGGER sets Tap Tempo 2 PCM42 MOD Ping Pong set PCM42s with a lush modulated texture and nice spatial quality WARP controls delay level TRIGGER sets Tap Tempo 6 PCM42 A rack full of PCM42s in a single preset 4 are set to a tight quad chorus effect where phase canceling creates beautiful phasey flanging notches in unpredictable patterns The remaining 2 cover stereo delay slightly narrower in the panning field Heartbreaking beauty time domain FX WARP controls delay level TRIGGER can change delays rhythms in interesting ways Tap 4 times for best results INTRO TO THE RHYTHMTAPS PRESETS These 3 variations show the very rhythmic nature of the DL8000R MultiTap delays The unit is working in rhythmic subdivisions mode and you see that from the 2 yellow tab lit in the display at the right side of the presets names When you choose to work in this way the LFO modulation is lost but you get a terrific amount of rhythmic possibilities in subdividing your 8 taps You will s
6. attack character where you also hear some springy gtr amp vibes and taps from the sides blend of different sound technologies Useful for many styles of music even old rock n roll jives The way you play changes the way it verbs WARP controls overall level Use it to find the fine spots TREMVIBE DLY A warm stereo delay that pans trembles vibes Very interactive fx blend TRIGGERED by your playing dynamics The LFO starts and keeps its task on your playing cue TRIGGER KEY slows down the action SVWELLPAD Multitap filtered chorused panning delays come up in waves Play thru this with a volume pedal and swell your notes or chords in You ll get waves back not a single swell Take your time and let it ring there lies its magic WARP warps it changes LFO modulation rate TSC 42 The Tri Stereo Chorus with a stereo set of PCM42s for those cool fading mod_echoes Very Landau Karizma tones CHORUS DLYS 3 os VOICES F panned L C R and ee pos pong stereo PEA Eai PERU zuitar EG i ak iA ree oe ae vide PK Me EE rd INTRO TO THE ALLAN HOLDSWORTH PRESETS Allan probably wrote the best commercial versions of his fantastic chorus delays presets for the YAMAHA UD STOMP series Very likely this product nailed what Allan asked for that is multiple completely independent delay lines array with feedback modulation filters level amp pan for each delay His original concept comes from the use of 6 hardware digital del
7. ays and a hungry mind for math proportions in the settings The structural nature of the DL8000R is different from the UD STOMP so any claiming to perfect replicas here may be debatable have seen a point though in trying to approach those great sounds on this unit as the potential is definitely there You can get to a place following different roads and that s why the challenge interests me Here you will find 5 of his favorite tones for comping swell chordal work and solo lines Enjoy em ALLANCHORUS 4 ADT chorused voices and 4 chorused delays Two audio fields front chorus and rear delays Rich modulation and wide stereo panorama Those open chordal movements with added top notes sound great thru this Sustaining chords too WARP speeds modulation rate up ALLANCHORUS 3 Same as the previous preset with thicker ADT delay times Somehow gentler WARP speeds modulation rate up ALLANCHORUS 6 4 chorused voices split in true stereo chorus settings and moderate ADT ones plus a stereo delay Darker in tone and more modulated WARP speeds modulation rate up ALLAN LEAD Non modulated blend of ADT and multivoice delays Lead lines are enriched in thickness and stereo spread with added gt delay ambience in the background ALLAN SWELL For volume swells effects only A sea of echoes modulated and panned creates a bed for the beautiful stretched chordal voicings you can grab WARP speeds modulation rate up INTRO TO TH
8. d out of the way while you play Your touch sets the ducking intensity and bounces are back in the pauses TRIGGER sets delay time PAN DLY 600 600 ms panning delay LFO pans and choruses the echoes WARP changes LFO rate for panning and modulation Very nice and spatial delay for when you don t need a lot but mean A LOT TRIGGER sets delay time TC2290 TC2290 mono delay panning and chorused ducked out by your playing intensity WARP controls panning rate TRIGGER covers Tap Tempo PCM70 PANDLYS You asked for it You got it The classic Lexicon PCM70 V2 0 preset all guitarists love Here in its glory and beauty WARP controls delay level CIRCULARDLYS Another requested classic from the PCM70 V2 0 factory presets 3 delays do the R L C bounce They re not panning just spitting audio out at different time lenghts creating the circular panning illusion Great on screaming guitar leads WARP controls delay level LANDAU TSC Spectacular rendition of one of the most sought after classic chorus tones from the 80s and 90s L A studios scene A hard to replicate tri stereo chorus effect with animated modulation and wild spectral content mangled by tons of phases games Rich thick lush you say so Chords bloom thru it Great on electric piano too WARP sets modulation speed TREMSPACE Tight delays with modulation panning and tremmed Sustained notes get a nice dly verb moving in space detuning and stereo tremolo ed Nice cros
9. ee the stored Tempo BPM and can change it with the Value knob or hitting the TRIGGER key The unit then offers LRHYTHM PATTERNS and R RHYTHM PATTERNS parameters where 4 staff rhythmic values are visualized indicating the subdivisions for the delays of the group Here you can choose among many variations for both left and right delays Gotta know how rhythms are written on staff or use your ears And use filters for warm tones of time Here we go RHYTHMTAPS BPM 1 4 note 51 and you hear five delays around your head in different wider or narrower locations Nice feel If you are familiar with Michael Brook or Trey Gunn magic rhythmic delays you ll know the mystery and intensity of these taps You can even LOOP them with the HOLD key or a footswitch connected to that function TRIGGER controls tap Tempo RHYTHMTAPS2 BPM 1 4 note 100 and 4 notes tap and pan quite fast Nice at any tempo rate so feel free to use the TRIGGER key to tap your tempo in RHYTHMTAPS 3 BPM 1 4 note 85 and the feel here is a shuffle triplet Three delays tap and pan Warm tone as the other presets in the bunch Check it at different BPM values TRIGGER controls tap Tempo can t stress enough for you the importance to play with the different L amp R delays rhythmic subdivisions at different tempo rates You WILL find unlimited feels and cool ways to assemble time in your songs Enjoy PLATE This is an interesting one A reverb with a bright Plate fast
10. emolo effects even sliced panning delays and with more explorations more results Even 10 seconds sound on sound looping techniques It s the perfect place for the tweaker the passionate explorer willing to dig in jump the wall and look inside the heart and brain of time based effects in their many variations and combinations Rhythmic proportional subdivisions are the powerful engine for vast Tap Tempo synced rhythmic effects Combined with panning pitch modulation and filters you have a lot for your ears right there Patching input signal Envelope to most important parameters can tie fx to the human performance act energy and have it breathing with it being a triggered modulation for a chorus flanger or delay or a ducked echo or verb Even a filter sweep There s so much in this unit you would need a monster Eventide with its wider openness amp freedom in structures design to get the same possibilities and extend them to farther stretches of your imagination The tone is always nice Many compare the sound of this Korg to the legendary TC2290 Dynamic Delay Personally tested side by side have to give credit to the word of mouth They are impressively close both in tone and dimensional placement of sound It s really that good TAP ME Feedback Ta 3Band EQ Pre Delay P Delay Line I di an High Low pi High Low amp Bypass Right The drawing shows the ONE algorithm structure of the DL8000R Add to it a powe
11. fferently according to your rig signals All these presets have DRY SIGNAL muted The DL8000R has been kept in parallel to the preamp dry signal all connected to an external line level mixer where dry wet balancing is managed All MASTER fx level corrections have been done into the Korg MIXER menu and more exactly using the DELAY LEVEL DLY LVL parameter This changes the levels of all internal delay lines keeping consistent their relative ratios DIRECT LEVEL DIR LEV was set to INF that is kill dry as you kids call this nowadays In the MIX OFFSET menu my settings are the following ones DIRECT OFFSET DIR OFS INF DELAY OFFSET DLY OFS 3 0 dB s for realtime control of parameters these are my system assignments for the 8 CRs under CNTRL DEVICE CRI WARP CR5 A TOUCH CR2 PEDAL CR6 PBEND CR3 CCOO CR7 VELOCITY CR4 CC002 CR8 NOTE_NUM Be aware have only used CRI in my presets so you are free to change the other CRs as you like for your control tasks DO NOT CHANGE my CRI assignment or the presets won t work as described Many of these presets use DYNAMIC control of some parameters tied to YOUR input dynamics Yes your effect will respond to your expression energy Maybe your delay will duck out of the way while you play your intense lines and come up in the pauses you get the idea To relate to HOW these dynamics settings work you need to know HOW I set mine So go to the AUDIO CONTROL menu
12. ow levels and dynamics effects work and where to access them The skilled user your manual is your friend even though the DL8000R manual is really terrible knows what I m talking about Everything will heavily depend on your rig levels settings and routing configurations and have no power on that You ll have to find your sweet spots to get all the juice available in this wonderful collection request from the author Please do not distribute these presets you have purchased Show respect for years of professional work and experience in the field Let me support my family and keep these libraries prices reasonable for everybody Show respect for the money you ve earned and invested in these soundworks Thank you for your purchase and understanding PRESETS DESCRIPTIONS OCTACHORUS 8 voice chorus Where would you start from first right Quite animated modulation going on and very broad stereo spread This is a rich chorus with some nice cross feedback applied for enhanced spectrum games Logarithmic LFO waveform and L R modulation 90 offset do a great job at creating variable modulation patterns ECHORUS Popular PCM70 effect mixing chorus amp echo effects Delay is modulated and warbles in the distance Inspiring tone for chordal playing WARP tightens the stereo field for the delays feedbacks ECHORUS 2 The chorus amp echo effect with a delays shuffle feel WARP kills the shuffle to a single echo voice
13. rful LFO with sine tri exponential logarithmic and random waveforms and phase offset in user selectable degrees for L R delays sweeping The LFO can also be triggered by your input signal for dynamic sweeps And add a system Envelope you can use for dynamic control of other parameters Full MIDI implementation include Control Changes Program Changes and MIDI Clock Everything you hear is born out of this single network of 8 filtered swept delays with 2 separate feedback or cross feedback paths for more intense interaction between them So much you can do with so little An exercise and art in limitation Important info to best use these presets These 54 sounds have been created with a guitar preamp connected to the Left input of the DL8000R the one used for mono input routing Both outputs have been used so effects are stereo If you intend to feed the Korg a true stereo source you can do that and all effects will be true stereo too The Korg is smart enough to handle these differences by sensing connected inputs and route them to the internal effects structure Since the DL8000R lacks a professional line level input nominal 4dB its inputs accept and treats a wide range of signals relatively well Know that have used a OdB line level to the Korg to average a signal level between the popular instrument 10dB and line 4dB levels choices My inputs knobs were set at I I and output knobs full up You may need to adjust them di
14. s feedback tricks going on here and LFO exponential out of phase waveforms do the magic 6CHORUS DLYS All the power squeezed here Sounds like TWO PCM70s in a single preset The full and rich 6 voice chorus with a diffused smeared stereo delay These are classic tones for the clean and lead guitar And this is an excellent rendition WARP reduces delay feedback MTAPS I00BPM Slightly modulated multitaps delays create rhythms you can play to Great for staccato muted single notes lines CROSSTAPSDLY Quite modulated multitaps delays with cross feedback paths create polyrhythms and fade out in a distant ambience Nice blend of delays chorus rhythms and verb WVARP controls delays level DETUNED SPACE Another beautiful vintage midrange sounding reverb Clusters of modulated delays are fed back to a sweet stereo band pass filter and a great detuned aura rises and fades in a midrange dusk The power of multitap delays in their lo fi fascination WARP controls overall level TCI210 Another classic chorus rendition the TC1210 Not exactly a copy or emulation here more of a very inspired to version But it sounds really nice and has many of the modulation features the original unit has Stereo chorusing beauty with complex texture Just GOOD WARP controls modulation rate TC1210 DUAL Like in the original unit you have 2 sets of stereo chorus available Here they are both working at the same time like 2 presets in one The chor
15. ted by the LFO and ENVELOPE boosts feedback levels You can layer long lasting verb textures by playing harder and have less verb on soft passages Tonal limiting and modulation are coherent for both dynamic layers only their life span changes Very complex and interactive soundscape tool Warp controls reverb level AMBIENT GIRe RETURN en R B el If you have enjoyed my soundworks please contact me and let me know your opinions and suggestions Good luck in your music life Italo De Angelis www italodeangelis com FX SOUNDWORKS
16. us is fatter and richer Nice variety of textures created by overlapping AND different parameters settings Depths and delay times are offset in stereo couples Rate is the same for both J Petrucci style WARP controls modulation rate DYN TC1210 Yep TC never did this one I did Dual stereo chorus w offset parameters values but the speed Similar to the previous preset The longest delay stereo chorus is modulated by the ENVELOPE so a richer chorus is triggered with more intense playing dynamics VVARP controls modulation rate TCI210FLANGER Chorus can do flanger too 1210 style stereo flanger Mild chorused flanger rather than flying space stuff which TC never was anyway Try removing DRY sound and it sounds even better WARP controls modulation rate TCI210CHOFLG A stereo chorus and a stereo flanger working together Notches for days WARP controls modulation rate TCI210 FLANG2 2 stereo flangers working together Peaks and valleys for years WARP controls modulation rate TC1210 TGFLA2 2 stereo flangers with a common LFO triggered by your playing dynamics Living flanging More dramatic and BRUTIFUL WARP controls modulation rate OCTACHORUS3 A nice 8 voice chorus mellower than the 2 previous versions Warm and more intimate PCM42 TT And on to another classic the Lexicon PCM42 digital delay Not an easy one to get This is all about tone warmth and organic modulation Mono Tap Tempo delay slightly modul
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