PureMix – Using Delays with Ryan West (TUTORIAL)

By | November 12, 2025

 

Release Year: 2013
Producer: pureMix
Producer’s Website: www.puremix.net/video/using-delays-with-ryan-west.html
Author: Ryan West
Duration: 00:18:01
Type of Material Shared: Video Tutorial
Language: Russian + English

  • 319.9 MB

Description: Learn how renowned producer Ryan West uses delay to create depth and space in a mix. The video focuses on a hip-hop song.
In this video, renowned engineer and producer Ryan West discusses the use of delay and shares his approach to creating space in a track, without weighing it down and sweetening the vocals without adding clutter. Ryan has contributed to this style’s sound, working with Jay-Z, Eminem, Kid Cudi, Maroon 5, TI, Rihanna, Kanye West, and many others.

Delay is a great alternative to reverb for achieving a modern sound without an obvious tail. Ryan’s methodology uses simple, easy-to-understand plugins applicable to any style of music. You’ll learn about short and long delays, slapback delays, delay throws, how to create a stereo image using delays, and how to use compression, distortion, EQ, and reverb on delays for better integration and clarity in a mix.

This will save you a lot of time and frustration in the process of turning your demo into a truly professional-sounding mix with space and depth.
Plugins used in this video: Wave Super Tap, Waves TrueVerb, Stock Digidelays, UA SSL E Series, Soundtoys Decapitator, Digi EQ3.

Learn how famous producer Ryan West uses delays to create depth and space in a mix. In this video, famous engineer and producer Ryan West discusses his use of delays and shares his approach to putting space in a track without weighing it down and sweetening vocals without adding garbage.

Ryan has helped define the sound of a style with his work with Jay-Z, Eminem, Kid Cudi, Maroon 5, T.I, Rihanna and Kanye West among many others.
Delays are a great alternative to reverb to get a modern sound without that obvious tail. Ryan’s techniques use simple plugins and are easy to understand and immediately applicable to any style of music. You will learn about short and long delays, Slapback Delays, Delay Throws, how to create a stereo image with delays, how to treat those delays with compression, distortion, eqs and reverb for better integration and clarity in the mix.

This will save you much time and grief in your the process of turning a demo into a real pro sounding mix with space and depth.
Plugins used in this video: Wave Super Tap, Waves TrueVerb, Stock Digidelays, UA SSL E Series, Soundtoys Decapitator, Digi EQ3.

Example files: present
Video format: MP4 + FLV
MP4 video: AVC, 1024×576, 16:9, 24.000 fps, ~1458 kbps
MP4 audio: AAC, 48.0 kHz, ~148 kbps, 2 channels
FLV video: AVC, 1024×576, 16:9, 23.976 fps
FLV audio: AAC, 48.0 kHz, 2 channels
FLV total bitrate: ~523 kbps
Additional Information: The distribution includes subtitles in English, French, Spanish and Italian.


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