is there a name for my delay settings?

the swede

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Since im not using modelers or advanced stuff anymore, im just feeling and listening to how things turn out...

i have the first pedal around 400ms and the other pedal slower, maybe around 1 sec i dont really know.
But the thing is, when i pluck a note fast theres two obvious repeats, then four, then many and they seem "in sync" but mulitply. Its nice...

Have i unintendedly set both pedals to create a 1/4 rhythm or whatever it may be called?

(you are welcome to laugh at me now)
 
I am dumb, I don't know.

Sounds nice, need clips!
ive been thinking about recording clips.... since August 2024... so im working on it. My pace is like a snail. Ive been "building" my board since last summer :rofl i will get to the creative part sometime.
 
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What you are hearing is called “crossfeedback”. The effect of delay into another delay..where a repeat of delay A gets repeated by delay B also, and possibly vice versa.
I was just imagining that I somehow unintentionally tuned them in to quarters or dotted or triplets or whatever everything is called on a delay pedal with those options. But maybe it’s another ballgame when using two delays and one affects the other.

Either way, just a slight tweak of the second (slower one) always ends up with something different. As of now I use that second delay to find different rhythms in the repeats. The first shorter delay is fixed, I need it to be exactly where it is now, about 400ms I think.
 
Some weird stereo effects to be explored for sure. Some Dual Delay pedals can do it too.

Put a shimmer reverb between them or something outlandish like an EQD Transmisser.

I have a Meris Polymoon (the manual tells me it has "unique feedback topology") and Mercury 7, and a Strymon Timeline (and Volante). All sorts of weirdness and occasional glorious sounds can be produced but I can never remember the good settings amid all the choices.

And when sober I rarely enjoy plucking a string or two and sitting back to grok the mind-blowing FX. Used sparingly and placed in a musical context it may enhance an actual tune or riff, but I'm still finding out how to make that happen with Loopers, not recording.
 
Try a short time with low feedback delay into a long time with high feedback delay. Try different mix settings on each.

That seems to be the basic starting point from my online search. I need to explore the "modulation matrix" of the Polymoon feedback options.
 
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