Tell Me All You Know About Delay Pedals

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cool.

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link

i know it doesn't matter but that thing is so ugly. why can't all pedals look like mxrs?

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link

despite being totally plug ugly and visually unappealing, theres some good stuff in the garagetone line - the drivetrain is a reissue of the reverend drivetrain and is a super useful od/distortion, and i sell a crap ton of the oil can phaser and the tremolo. the only real loser out of the bunch is the chainsaw distortion, which is just awful.

xpost hahaha yeah we agree on that obv

I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link

i have high hopes for the earthquaker disaster transport sitting on my front counter, but thats more $$$ and i havent plugged it in yet. its better looking tho! i also got a dispatch master in, which is cool because its a reverb + delay in a single mxr case, but i think its going to be too digital and clean for what yer talking about.

I'M THE ONLY ON (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link

disaster transport looks sweet but yeah don't think i can justify the $$$ when i'm barely playing guitar anymore.

congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link

five months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB1xMq2RyDA

can someone help me understand the delay effect that's burbling underneath this piece? It starts at about 0:11. I've heard this in a few other songs, but this is the most prominent one I could think of. I heard someone make this happen in some youtube demo for a delay pedal too, but I can't find it.

how's life, Thursday, 28 March 2013 13:19 (eleven years ago) link

you mean just the thing where you change the delay speed while the sound is echoing so that the repeats speed up (and get higher in pitch) or slow down (and get lower in pitch)? or something more detailed?

congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 28 March 2013 14:40 (eleven years ago) link

Sorta. It's not just that though. There's a "whooshing" sound to it.

how's life, Thursday, 28 March 2013 14:53 (eleven years ago) link

...which I feel is intrinsic to the delay mechanism somehow, rather than being the original sound that modified through the delay.

how's life, Thursday, 28 March 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link

Maybe.

how's life, Thursday, 28 March 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link

It's hard to tell bc of the "strings" and "surface noise" but it just sounds like any analog "bucket brigade" delay. The precision with which the delays enter and exit sound like the product of a plugin.

a source of "vegelate" (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:06 (eleven years ago) link

the source audio also sounds like it might be run through an envelope filter and then through the delay - that might be the whooshing you are thinking of.

My Chemical Romance did 9/11 (jjjusten), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:37 (eleven years ago) link

eight months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0s24DiyzM8

Elvis Telecom, Monday, 2 December 2013 09:35 (ten years ago) link

no catalinbread or skreddy, no credibility

Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Monday, 2 December 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link

I wish they still made the Digitech PDS series. Or at least a pedal that does the same shit.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 December 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link

I'm still wedded to the Moog sound (that slight warbley-trail is A+++ for me).

Elvis Telecom, Monday, 2 December 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

still looking for the convenient digital delay that will let me box up the DMM. could this be the one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgVa-I5-ZXk

resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 7 February 2014 06:52 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

Sarah bought me the GarageTone Axle Grease delay for Christmas and it's pretty great, though it definitely has more "character"/is less transparent than my old delay. Also this is stupid but it took me a while to figure out whether it could run off a battery.

Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

this looks hell of cool

http://www.korg.com/us/products/effects/sdd3000_pedal/

niamh 1073 (electricsound), Thursday, 10 July 2014 01:11 (ten years ago) link

yes, yes it does

resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 10 July 2014 04:19 (ten years ago) link

Yooooooo

how's life, Thursday, 10 July 2014 10:17 (ten years ago) link

Probably gonna be hell of expensive though.

how's life, Thursday, 10 July 2014 10:57 (ten years ago) link

$399 street afaik. and it's more or less the size of a rack unit, but as a confirmed lanois junkie it's only a matter of time before i end up with a used one...

resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 10 July 2014 14:00 (ten years ago) link

five months pass...

I'm thinking about buying a new delay pedal. The Moog Minifooger delay is currently the top candidate...I think the main features I'm looking for are infinite feedback and the ability to use an expression pedal. I'd also prefer something with some character/color. I've watched way too many shitty pedal demos on Youtube this week. Is there anything similar to the Minifooger delay that I'm overlooking?

cwkiii, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link

No expression pedal in, but the Caroline Kilobyte sounds awesome and has a momentary footswitch that engages the infinite feedback while you keep it held down and then quickly fades it out when you release the switch, which is incredibly cool. Plus, it's $200.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 16:56 (nine years ago) link

http://youtu.be/IFFY75Gvv88

Early demo, there's now a mini pot in the top face to add modulation to the delay as needed.

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link

Thanks, I'll check that one out! I think I saw the little space invader dude on the pedal and "lo fi" in the description and thought it was some bitcrusher-type deal and avoided it.

cwkiii, Wednesday, 31 December 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link

yeah honestly that lofi thing isnt a great call - it can get lofi with the delay preamp cranked but its not lofi by default at all, its one of the sweeter sounding delays ive got in the shop

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link

"that lofi thing" being in the name isnt a great call i mean

a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link

I think the main features I'm looking for are infinite feedback and the ability to use an expression pedal. I'd also prefer something with some character/color

Strymon El Capistan has all of that, I love mine.

L'Haim, to life (St3ve Go1db3rg), Thursday, 1 January 2015 01:25 (nine years ago) link

Still love the old Moog MF-104Z I keep referring to in this thread. I just wish it didn't take up so much space.

Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 23:33 (nine years ago) link

see also: EHX Deluxe Memory Man

resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 00:16 (nine years ago) link

A friend of mine has the Memory Man (not the Deluxe) and I've messed around with it but never really dug it for whatever reason. I wound up going with the Minifooger delay but might end up picking up the Caroline Kilobyte eventually, too.

cwkiii, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 04:00 (nine years ago) link


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