Re: DL-4

[Chris Richards <kohntarkosz@yahoo.com>]

<<well, one of the most disappointing things
about the dl4 is the way it handles delay time
changes with audio throughput. if you're looking
for the effect of echoes speeding up and slowing
down forget it>>

That's funny, MY DL-4 doesn't seem to have a
problem with doing what you're describing. This
is how you get those effects Tommy Bolin and Tom
Scholz used to get out of their Echoplexes. For
years I wondered how Scholz got those rocket
launcher effects on the first two Boston albums
without using a synth, then eventually saw a
bootlegged concert video where it became obvious
that he was running his old gold top Les Paul
through a delay unit that he was manipulating
with a foot pedal (according to the Boston
website, it's a real tube Echoplex and he calls
it his "Hyperspace Pedal"). As far as I'm
concerned, the DL-4 has about everything I would
want from a delay unit. The looping function is
terrible (would have been much better if they had
assigned the tweak and tweeze controls for the
purposes of modulating the loop length, as
opposed to the chorus effect they offer...if I
wanted chorus, I'd turn on my MM-4, seeing as
that's what THAT pedal is there for!). 

And while we're on the topic of Line 6 effects,
anyone tried the distortion modeler? How is it?
That's the only one of the four stompbox modelers
I don't have, but I'm thinking about getting one
(though I'm also thinking about getting a Z Vex
Fuzz Factory). 

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The Scuba Diver Presently Known As Chris

"What do you get when you give a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos?"-James 
Earl Jones

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