To use a delay pedal to improve your songwriting, set the delay time to a dotted eighth note — 60000 ÷ BPM × 0.75 milliseconds — and then deliberately play fewer notes than the part needs, so the pedal supplies the 16th notes your hands aren’t playing. Delay used this way is a rhythm generator, … Continue reading How to Use a Delay Pedal to Improve Your Songwriting