Most of the DDL's I have are expensive multieffect packages. I do have one early model delay that I treasure more than any other. The Boss RPS-10 Pitch Shifter/Digital Delay. Unlike later DDLs that used DSP techniques to modulate delay length in real time, the RPS-10 actually varies the clock, i.e. the sample rate. So you can do the neat things of an analog delay like grab the delay knob and twist to get those "peee-wob--wob----wob." Okay, I can't describe in words, go watch Pink FLoyd at Pompei. It will also take an audio input to control pitch shift or delay time based on frequency (but it pretty much has to be a sine wave). It also does an absolute wicked backwards delay effect guaranteed to bring out a little Hendrix in any guitarist. No digital I own has anywhere near the "knob-factor." If I ever run across another unit, it would be the effect most likely to be ripped apart and put into the MOTM form factor. Shouldn't be hard to add VC to this wonderful beast. It even sounds more analog. If you turn the regen full up it gradually evolves into noise, just like an analog. I think this DDL is close to an analog done using some digital circuitry. Oh yeah, and it supports up to 800ms, forward or backward. Thomas
Message
Re: [motm] Delay Module.. Digital bad?
2000-04-19 by Thomas Hudson
Attachments
- No local attachments were found for this message.