Spent day A/Bing Delays

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Had the day off and shot these out in the loop of my Morris amps. Was only hugely disappointed with one of them and two of them really impressed me. All others in between are workable. All in high gain applications. Any guesses?

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No.

I don't like any of those (and yes, I've tried them and spent good amount of time with all those).

I'd say the best out the bunch is the Catalinbread Echorec.
 
I don't' think pedal delay's are meant for a Loop. I only have experience with 1, but it sucked ass because of the level controls. I could only crack the level before it was to much of a washy mess.

Digital Delay from a Rack Box fuckin rules! But they are different. Analog Delay is it's own thing.

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midnightlaundry said:
I don't' think pedal delay's are meant for a Loop. I only have experience with 1, but it sucked ass because of the level controls. I could only crack the level before it was to much of a washy mess.

Digital Delay from a Rack Box fuckin rules! But they are different. Analog Delay is it's own thing.
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SteveGlitch said:
No.

I don't like any of those (and yes, I've tried them and spent good amount of time with all those).

I'd say the best out the bunch is the Catalinbread Echorec.
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I’ll spit it out now since it was mentioned. The EchoRec was by far the worst. I understand it has a non bypassable preamp, but I turned the internal trim pot to unity gain and it still sounds like crap. FWIW, don’t think it was designed for a loop and it shows.
 
midnightlaundry said:
I don't' think pedal delay's are meant for a Loop. I only have experience with 1, but it sucked ass because of the level controls. I could only crack the level before it was to much of a washy mess.

Digital Delay from a Rack Box fuckin rules! But they are different. Analog Delay is it's own thing.

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Sounds like you got it backwards. Analog works great out front. Digital pedals in loop……and some analog work fine there as well.
 
EyesOfTheSouth! said:
I’ll spit it out now since it was mentioned. The EchoRec was by far the worst. I understand it has a non bypassable preamp, but I turned the internal trim pot to unity gain and it still sounds like crap. FWIW, don’t think it was designed for a loop and it shows.
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The Echorec is the only decent pedal of the bunch but I wouldn’t be caught using any of those on my boards.

Most of Catalinbread's pedals have a built in preamp, even their Topanga reverb. That's because they want people to experiment with pedal placement/order like they did in the 70's. Like, you can literally use their Reverb pedals to boost or add drive. It's pretty insane but useful.

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I can get a better analog/tape sound from my SDE-3000 100% digital delay than people can get from their analog/tube echo emulation pedal. Imagine that!
 
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EyesOfTheSouth! said:
Sounds like you got it backwards. Analog works great out front. Digital pedals in loop……and some analog work fine there as well.
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'Don't have it backwards, I just implied the Rack Box is meant for the Loop. My AD Pedal works okay in front, but it's just not articulate like a DD. I prefer DD..
 
I have a Way Huge Supa Puss..
It has a Buffer that you can turn on for Delay Trails after you turn it off.
Or you can turn it of and use a hard bypass.
 
BP.. Dude, I had a work call at some customers house that had EVERY Dr Z Amp including Amps previously owned BP and Joe Walsh. No joke. It was like 30 Amps.. Plus others on top of it.
He's a member on the TGP.. He said Dr Z came to his house and was talking about an unreleased Amp that the guy already had.. LOL It was called something like Octal Six. But I don't quite remember..

But I digress..
 
midnightlaundry said:
'Don't have it backwards, I just implied the Rack Box is meant for the Loop. My AD Pedal works okay in front, but it's just not articulate like a DD. I prefer DD..
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Everything in my pic is digital except for the Memory Man…….as far as I know.
 
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SteveGlitch said:
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I can get a better analog/tape sound from my SDE-3000 100% digital delay than people can get from their analog/tube echo emulation pedal. Imagine that!
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The pedal or the rack? For what i heard, the pedal is meh.
 
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currently my favorite .... digitally controlled all analog BBD Chip Delay ............ and " always in the loop never out front for me "

my second would probably be the JHS Panther Cub ..
 
Always in the loop never out front for me as well

I haven't tried the Orion

I like the benson alright, and the MM and Brig are okay - the older and full size MM's sound way better tho IMO. For Analog style, the diamond memory lane is super close to the legit MMs and vastly superior to the reissue MMs

honestly the rest of the picture are like a collection of all of my least favorite delay pedals of all time

Especially the JHS, keeley and the echorec

For tape or drum sounds, I really like the Volante - especially for an effects loop, as it has line/instrument level controls. The extra spring verb, and control over the individual heads makes for some unreal sounds.

For digital style, I love the FTT Flight time. The ease of use plus sound quality is out of this world. You can legit cop 2290 tones all day, no rack required.

you can't go wrong with a DD3 if you want digital on a budget. Although, most ppl want one with tap tempo.

All in all, not surprised you didn't care for most of these.
 
I tried so many delays and the only one that I found that did not 'change' my core tone or add characteristics I did not like is the Strymon TimeLine. I bought it outside of the hype train/controversy I did not realize it had. Went through several like Canyon, Metaverse, etc. TimeLine does what I want sound wise and is super simple for me to use. YMMV
 
Well my favorites were the JHS and the Brig. The MM Nano is real close, but has the typical analog quirks when used in the loop. The cheap JHS would end it for me if it had modulation.

I’ve had several multi delays including a DD-500, Nemesis, and Time Factor……I just prefer simple delays. And I’ve never heard a “better” delay sound out of the more expensive units.

I basically judge a delay by how it affects the dry signal and ease of operation.
 
Luca79 said:
The pedal or the rack? For what i heard, the pedal is meh.
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Probably only because it has a steep learning curve but yes the pedal. If you know what you're doing, the pedal is one of the best on the market. If you don't, it could probably hinder your playing. I don't use my delay pedals with high gain though. Only advise I can give is go by your own experience with these things and not by what you hear/read. The SDE-3000 is one of Boss' best newer pedals and the first one under their new chief designer.

Other favorite delay pedals include: Hungry Robots The Wash, OBNE Minim, KMA Audio Cirrus, JHS Joshua, Keely Halo.

But yeah, all of the ones I've mentioned are phenomenal and very different, unique in their own right and I have each one on a board currently.
 
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I tried the JHS series 3 delay in a store to make sure a certain amp’s loop worked and I thought it sounded great for a simple delay. Right now I’m using a Boss DD200 for loop delay (PS2a loop) and it’s doing well so far. I would like to try a Catalinbread Adineko sometime, for the cool modulation on the repeats and built in reverb.
 
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