I own a Yamaha StagePas 600i PA system. The mixer for the system comes with four on board effects, all labeled as types of reverb (Hall, Room, Plate, and Echo). In my experience echo is typically is synonymous with delay, which would be good because I'd like both reverb and delay. The thing is: when I put on the echo effect, when I just say one word I'll hear the sound repeated like I would expect with delay, but when I sing an entire line, then I really don't hear any repeats - I still hear some sort of spacey reverb-like ambience, but I think whatever repeated sound is going on is getting lost in the ambience (and this happens no matter what I set the reverb time of the effect to) -- So this really doesn't sound like the delay I'm used to hearing (e.g., when I play my guitar through a delay effect pedal)... So I'm wondering if this "echo" on the StagePas is actually delay or something else... It's labeled as a type of reverb... So not sure what it is exactly... Moreover, I looked online at other Yamaha mixers which have more effects than the StagePas (for example, the Yamaha EMX5 or the Yamaha MG10XU), and these have separate effects called "Reverb", "Delay", and "Vocal echo". I also found this article on the Yamaha website: https://hub.yamaha.com/proaudio/livesound/tools-of-the-trade-using-reverb-and-delay-part-1/
The article mentions that the Yamaha MG06X mixer has 3 types of delays: short delay, long delay, and VO Echo, and it says that the VO Echo is intended for use on vocals (so I take it the VO stands for vocals). This leads me to believe that maybe the echo on my StagePas is this VO Echo... though my StagePas still calls it a type of reverb. If it is the VO Echo delay, maybe this is the only type of delay intended for vocals. But I would really like more of a true delay sound... Here's an example of the type of delay on vocals I'm trying to get (for example if you watch from 1:09-1:16 you can clearly hear the word "anybody" repeating after he sings it the first time):
So, for anyone who has used a Yamaha mixer with these different delay vs echo vs reverb effects, does anyone know if the echo on my StagePas and other Yamaha mixers is actually delay or something else?... and regardless, which is the type of delay I'm looking for?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
The article mentions that the Yamaha MG06X mixer has 3 types of delays: short delay, long delay, and VO Echo, and it says that the VO Echo is intended for use on vocals (so I take it the VO stands for vocals). This leads me to believe that maybe the echo on my StagePas is this VO Echo... though my StagePas still calls it a type of reverb. If it is the VO Echo delay, maybe this is the only type of delay intended for vocals. But I would really like more of a true delay sound... Here's an example of the type of delay on vocals I'm trying to get (for example if you watch from 1:09-1:16 you can clearly hear the word "anybody" repeating after he sings it the first time):
So, for anyone who has used a Yamaha mixer with these different delay vs echo vs reverb effects, does anyone know if the echo on my StagePas and other Yamaha mixers is actually delay or something else?... and regardless, which is the type of delay I'm looking for?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.