Talk to me about digital delay

[Hsb]

I have a Carbon Copy mini, really happy with it and what it brings to the table and been thinking, do I need to add some digital delay to the board. Talk me in or out of a digital delay pedal.

 

[jeremy]

i use an analog delay for most things but on my big board i have an analog delay for shorter delays (which is what i typically use anyway) and a digital delay for longer delays since they are generally cleaner

 

[Aceman]

Get one. There is something to be said for a crisp exact copy of the note, especially in a noisy distorted environment. Fuzz + Analog "Warmth" = unidentifiable analog crap.

Clean, crisp, super long....you need a digital delay.

 

[beaubrummels]

I've found digital delays can sound like analog just by darkening the EQ of the repeats and adding a little modulation. But an analog delay can never get clean and clear as a digital, so for me digital is a requirement and analog is optional. I can do anything with digital. I can do some things with analog.

 

[LLL]

I have a Carbon Copy mini, really happy with it and what it brings to the table and been thinking, do I need to add some digital delay to the board. Talk me in or out of a digital delay pedal.

From an overall viewpoint:

You already have a delay to do delay things, and you dig it.

Maybe there's a different kind of pedal (OD, Dist, Modulation, Clean Boost, Compressor, etc) that you don't have one of yet...

 

[Hsb]

From an overall viewpoint:

You already have a delay to do delay things, and you dig it.

Maybe there's a different kind of pedal (OD, Dist, Modulation, Clean Boost, Compressor, etc) that you don't have one of yet...

What you have listed, only thing missing off that list is a clean boost and a compressor, but then again, can never have too many dirt pedals.

 

[Bogner]

It depends on your musical needs and what you like. It never hurts to have various tools in your tool belt. I am always a fan of getting more gear so I say go for it. We get one life, living is far better than existing. YMMV

 

[Mincer]

I love warm sounding digital delays with massive delay times- loops for days! If I can use an expression pedal mapped to feedback, even better.

 

[Blille]

I would definitely do a compressor before a second delay BUT I love delays and do have both an analog (DMM) and a digital delay (Boss DD-3 T) that love and use for different things.

 

[t1r12003]

I had a Boss DD3 forever. Awesome pedal. Ran a shorter delay time on the DD3 and a longer one for solos with an analog delay.

 

[Aceman]

My ideal delay 1-2 punch is an AD9 for shorter and a DD3 for longer. Had the DD3 for decades. would take it over an analog any day.

 

[dave74]

I don't have a true analog but the original flashback can do an OK clone but has been staying on the 2290 mode lately​ set very short in the amp's loop.