Looking for a Delay Pedal

[astrozombie]

I had a Boss Giga delay which I really liked, I might pick another up but before I do I'm asking here to see if you guys know of any alternative that has what I need:

I have to be able to put in tempo. I don't mean tap tempo, I mean control tempo with a knob, like the giga delay which lets you set delay times to say, dotted eight notes at 130BPM.

I've been looking around and many people have recommended the line 6 DL4, but it lacks this feature.

I'm not really concerned about pricing at this point.

[SteveAlysis]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

Tc Nova delay, Timefactor, Timeline

[ratherdashing]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

I know it's weird to think of these for just delay, but Line 6 M9 or M5.

- Ability to program in a tempo and time factor (e.g. quarter notes) for each patch, or use tap tempo
- All the delay models of the DL4
- Can set to either true bypass or DSP bypass for delay trails to keep going
- Better buffering than the DL4
- Can do other effects if you want

I don't know why anyone would buy a DL4 now. The M pedals do the same thing but better, AND they can do tons of other effects.

[andrizzle]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

DL4 was one of the tone-suckingest pedals I ever owned... some people love them though... maybe I was doing something wrong.

I have a timefactor now and it does everything you could ever want and MORE... so much more... more than your brain could ever handle.... you could have a setting for every song you play (up to 100)... It's a bit daunting to be honest at times. I typically only have 4 of the banks open, and close off the rest... this gives me 8 (2 presets per bank) total settings

If I'm playing a particularly crazy setlist where I need specific delays (including BPM) which is fairly common for my situation (playing with loops and click) I will often open a random set of banks... i.e. #7-#9 ... I'll then plug in my delays on each of the presets and just click through as I change songs.... it's pretty great!

From what I understand the Timeline does this same kind of thing, but I don't have any experience with it, so maybe someone else can chime in on it.

[Gypsyblue]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

DL4 was one of the tone-suckingest pedals I ever owned... some people love them though... maybe I was doing something wrong.

Didn't enjoy working with that pedal either. I replaced it with a EH Deluxe Memory Man like the Edge uses. Organic sounding and super easy to use while performing. Love those knobs!

Sounds like an Echoplex but no maintenance issues.

[Agileguy_101]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

Just get the timeline man, you'll never regret it. IIRC there's no waitlist anymore, you can just order it.

[astrozombie]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

Timeline? it's better than the eventide?






Holy **** it seems like either one would be the last delay pedal I would ever need.

I guess now I'm going to think about whether I want to blow 400 or 450.

my band uses delay pedals a lot... I need a hard core effects unit.

[astrozombie]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

"Jimmy Page, Frank Zappa, Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai"...


**** !!!

a nice group of my favorite guitarists listed as eventide users!

[andrizzle]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

I guess now I'm going to think about whether I want to blow 400 or 450.

my band uses delay pedals a lot... I need a hard core effects unit.

Bro, go over to The Gear Page... you can pick up a TimeFactor for around $300-$325 all day long on there. Getting it shipped from the ConUS to you, I'd still only pay around $325 max.

It'll open up so many options for you. Regardless of what you do, I would recommend you read the crap out of the manual and research all the functionality online and on YouTube... there are some CRAZY AWESOME things you can do with these pedals that you probably haven't thought of before.... I'd go ahead and get the 3-switch aux pedal that you can get with the Eventide (if you go that route)... you can program the switches to do different functions that'll expand your options.

I use mine to bank up and down and I also have a "hold" function on the other one, that allows me to play a chord or note and hold it out (kinda like an EHX Freeze), so I can basically make a "pad" to play over. It's GREAT for ambient sort of stuff.

Welcome to big-boy delays!

[briggleman]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

"Jimmy Page, Frank Zappa, Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai"...


**** !!!

a nice group of my favorite guitarists listed as eventide users!

Yes, a very nice group of guitarists using the latest in electronics, AT THAT TIME! Nothing against the Eventide unit, I have never used it, nor for that matter, have I used a timeline. However, that being said, the latest and greatest seems to always be around the next corner and the Strymon Timeline, at the moment, is that unit.

I would really compare the two units in terms of function.... I am sure they will both sound spectacular.

Brad

[Inkstained]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

DL4 was one of the tone-suckingest pedals I ever owned... some people love them though... maybe I was doing something wrong.

Didn't enjoy working with that pedal either..

Everyone on the Net hates the DL-4, but everyone uses it. I don't get it.

[xxxplorer]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

When I bought a DL4 years ago I returned it because everytime I stepped on it, I got a really wierd 'hifi' type sound that I noticed right away... and I just didn't think the delays sounded that great. The M9 I had was better, but had a bad bypass problem so I just sold it off.

I'd say the strymon or whatnot if you need all that stuff. The flashback x4 looks good too, but no dial for delay time that displays miliseconds.

[Agileguy_101]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

"Jimmy Page, Frank Zappa, Brian May, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai"...


**** !!!

a nice group of my favorite guitarists listed as eventide users!

They all used Eventide stuff, but I don't think any of them, except MAYBE Vai, have used the Timefactor.

[FretFire]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

I came in here to recommend the DD-20, sounds like you know it pretty well

[9unslin9er]

Re: Looking for a Delay Pedal

I can't count nano seconds. Either I'd be a really ****ty drummer or I just don't give a frak about that level of precision.

I use a TC Flashback. I'm convinced it's probably the best delay pedal features and wutnot on the planet.

Anything beyond it, I'd rather just plug in numbers on an actual computer interface. My 2 cents.