I believe it. I used a bunch of these back in the day. Even ten years
ago, these things
were always falling apart on me. They had cheap pots, etc. that
didn't hold up too
well living the rock and roll lifestyle. They were cool machines
though.
Delay's digital, huh? Just give me a tape machine with voltage
control over the
capstan motor...
MOTM format DDL would rock.
Max
--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Scott Gibbons <scott.gibbons@m...> wrote:
> (Digitech RDS series)
>
> These are awesome machines! I heard a rumor (with no explanation)
that they
> degrade over time though... any truth to this? I don't mean the
resampling
> of the delay, I mean the actual hardware has some kind of built-in
> obsolescence; early design IC's or aging EPROMs, what's the deal,
anyone
> know???
>
> best,
> - Scott