#143

For the cloudy/nebulous aspect, take a look at the Grayscale Supercell. It’s basically Clouds with dedicated knobs and controls drawn out so more immediate and playable. I’m really enjoying it (although the official Clouds successor will no doubt throw in some new tricks that will make it special).

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#144

I’ve become totally enamoured with the vintage Boss 1/2 rack size delays, RSD-10 and RPS-10. So many amazing glitchy and special effect types delays, really inexpensive, and can be put in to a 1u rack shelf.

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#145

For a long time I’ve been using two Chronoblob v1s with a Happy Nerding MMM stereo filter. I loved the blob’s sound, especially with both feedback loops going through the filter.

Yesterday I replaced one of my v1 with Chronoblob v2 and I’m very happy with its sound, UI and feature set. There sound is pristine, precise and there is no noise at all. My only reservation, and it’s a big one, is that I can only access the feedback loop in the mono modes. It is not available with the stereo delay modes.

I had hoped the v2 could replace both v1, freeing up space for the 8hp Jove filter I’m building. So far I’m undecided. I think both stero and filtered feedback are important to me.

An important blob feature that doesn’t get much press is the ability to prescale the sync division/multiplication before setting it with the time. This allows for complicated timings and wonderful syncopated delay lines.

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#146

That’s the exact reason I wasn’t excited for v2. The feedback loop lets you do so many neat things. I hope I can make space for two v1’s eventually.

#147

I have a Echolex ep-4 that I don’t use nearly enough

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#148

I recently saw information about the Strymon Volante. Looks to be a cool pedal itself but most interesting to me is the stuff about the magnetic drum delays. Not a technique or device I had heard about before. Curious if anyone on here has used those?

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#149

if that’s based on the binson echorec then I’m very intrigued…

since posting about it, I ordered the 1bit multitap delay. still waiting on it (from romania) but very excited based on what i’ve read/heard.

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#150

I just picked up a Lexicon LXP-1, LXP-5, and MRC combo.

The LXP-5+MRC gives you something a lot like a Prime Time in terms of playable tweaking, time glitches, and really interested effects. Plus it’s stereo, cheap, and also does verb+delay and pitch+delay.

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#151

Oooh that looks nice. I wonder how the tape algos compare to their previous pedals…

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#152

Drum echo units are cool, but can be really fiddly. I’ve had this Gibson unit for years, but it is starting to get really flakey. Plus the drums were originally filled with oil containing PCBs.

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#153

Here’s a quick and dirty video demo of the LXP-5 controlled by the MRC in “pitch/delay” mode with a single bass drum going through it.

iPhone mic audio, so nothing spectacular, but gives an idea of what this is capable of.

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#154

That 1bit delay looks great! It’s also available for DIY, so that makes it even more interesting. Please report back once you’ve got it up and running. :grinning:

#155

will do. seeing how interested tom bugs was in building it (despite it being euro) really got my attention. I just started a circuit building class so something like this is too far out of my skill set… for now.

that lexicon sounds great, @emenel!

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#156

When I first saw the Volante, I thought ‘oh here we go again, another Strymon delay pedal’, BUT it does seem pretty appealing, like a Magneto in pedal form with extras. Need to read more about the looping.

I’ll probably just keep using my El Capistan, one of the main pieces of gear I’ve kept over the years.

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#157

If they had just added the Volante’s “spacing” knob + CV to the Magneto… I always felt like the available options were limiting my rhythmic mojo. Switching back to the DLD has made me much happier on that front.

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#158

Are there any other sound-on-sound delays out there? I’m now interested in an El Capistan (I know, about 10 years late) but curious as to what else is out there. If I had an El Cap, I would probably use it mostly for the tape sound-on-sound/looping function.

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#159

the soon to be released space case te-2 will do looping and sound on sound afaik.

#160

The timefactor pedals and the H9 will do overdubbed looping too.

#161

Gotta be some more price-effective options out there though. The TE-2 looks lovely but $1250 is a pretty sizable commitment.

You could check out a couple of the EHX pedals like the Grand Canyon or 16-second delay. There’s also the Industrialectric Echo Degrader, though that gets quite crunchy at long times due to use of the PT2399 chip. The Montreal Assembly 856 For Zellersasn would probably do this (and more) for you as well.

Oh, and Magneto :grin:

#162

received the 1BIT Multitap yesterday, it’s exactly what I wanted in a delay (and then some). getting some great dubby sounds using cv into loop. I put together a quick demo using only a short drum loop and the 1BIT - nothing else, and no overdubs. this is an insanely rewarding hands-on delay and the quality is really high. it should also be mentioned that he threw in a free passive mult since I ordered over xmas.

starts dry, then I show the nice onboard gain, then bring up the taps. really push the time/chips in the last minute.

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