Re: Delay/loop pedals w "old" style time adjust

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

Title: Re: Delay/loop pedals w "old" style time adjust

Scott,

  Both the EH 2880 and 16 sec delay can be used as a delay+hold because they have feedback controls. But they ALSO both have 'old school' control of loop length / pitch control.

> original: I am hoping I can get a list of
> delays with hold function that have old style time adjust (like the
> PDS8000) The Roland RE-20 seems to do it but has no hold function as
> far as I can tell. What about the DD-20? Thanks
> Clifford
>
> my answer: yes, the dd20 does do delay looping, you just have to mess
> w/ the feedback knob, i don't remember it having a lock/hold option
> (but it was a while back that i had this, & my memory is
> crap....). i'm not sure about the re-20....does the feedback go to
> 100%?, if it goes to 100%, you got delay looping.....
>
> my old post (below) from april...various pedals do it different ways.
> "hold" function is one way, the new digitech pedals
> (digi-delay and dl8) have that if you keep the feedback at 3 o'clock,
> you can continue to add stuff to the delay time, then if you move
> feedback to 100% it will lock the delay loop in and you can play over
> it (or mangle the time) and have the mangled time be your backing loop
> (my fun use). so under the category is any delay pedal (device) that
> offers 100% feedback. one ex: the ibanez de7-the delay does not go to
> 100%, i think when i had it, the most repeats were about 10 and it
> would fade away, but yes, i think we need a DELAY -BASED LOOPING
> LIST.
>
> FROM MY OLD POST BACK IN APRIL:
>
> some already mentioned:
> boss dd20 (23 sec)
> boss dd7-(does 6.3 sec in the stereo out  mode)
> digitech dl8-(8 sec) -i love this thing
> dod d12-(12 sec) my original long looper, 1u rack space
> lexicon pcm42 (modded up to 20 sec-david torn and others use)
> digitech pds series-i think had 8 sec
> digitech rds-8 sec rack unit
> akai headrush 2-says 35 sec of delay, 5 sec of tape delay mode (i
> research & debated getting, didn't though...)
>
> there are also some old zoom multieffect units that i thought had 10
> sec of delay???? can't remember model #
> korg dl8000- 8 sec i think...
> boss roland space echo reissue pedal-i thought i read had 6 sec of
> delay
> digitech rp150-5 sec of delay-can glitch it nicely, new 155 has it
> also.
> the zoom g2 also has 5 sec of delay, but when you try to mess w/ the
> time, it just shuts off, but i just read that the next
> gen of this zoom g-something.NU has a 5 sec looper that overdubs (just
> read about it not sure if 5 sec is going to make anyone
> get all excited since the new digitech rp155 models have 20 sec looper
> in them....ok, i won't get started on this rant again!!!!)
> digitech timebender (5 sec)-didn't love this....although it got a good
> review in latest guitar world mag
>
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