Re: analog delays

[Legion <Legion@voicenet.com>]

> >From the Big Briar site:  "with delay times as short as 40 milliseconds
> to as long as 0.8 seconds"
>
> >From the Blacet site:   "Delays From 10 mS to 2 Seconds"
>
> John may be using a part with a short delay, but if so, he's using more 
>of
> them.  At half the price, and twice the delay time, the Blacet module
> sounds like a great deal.  Is there a difference in the audio quality of
> these two units?

I've got the Time machine and have heard something things from the Big
Briar. I don't think it's really accurate to compare times and prices since
IMO they are very different sounding machines as well as having very
different construction. The Big Briar unit is a standalone wooden cased
monster with 1/4" jacks, the Time Machine is a great solid 1/8" modular
synth module. Both offer various CV ins and such but I think they do
slightly different things. at the longer delay times the TM has a *very* 
low
resolution. Cool effect but don't expect this to be usable in ever
application. You are not getting a Digital 2 sec delay here, at times you
might not even be able to hear it depending on the other settings and your
source.

That said I decided to buy the Time Machine not only because of cost but
because I wanted a 1/8" module to use with my other modular synth stuff. I
like what it does (hell I like all of John's designs!)

I put up a 4 minute rough demo fo the Time Machine here for anyone
interested in what it can do:
http://legion.retrosynth.com/timem.mp3

This is simply a loop taken from a Doepfer A112 lofi sampler module run 
into
the time machine with real time tweaking. The hiss/hum is NOT from the Time
Machine. It is consistently in there and was a buzz added by my mixer 
and/or
sound card. My bad but at least you can hear the wackiness of the TM and 
see
what it can do. The TM itself is rather quiet IMO.

> Now if only the Time Machine came in one of those cute little floor
> pedals!

Well it does have five CV in's.  Buy any CV floor pedal you wish and go 
nuts
controlling the Blacet with your feet.
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