Digital Delays

Bob Morgan · Post by **Bob Morgan** » 8 Jul 2004 4:58 pm

Hi All
I am fairly new to this forum and this is my first post.
I want to buy a digital delay and would like some advise on which one is the best and where can I get one.
Thanks
Bob

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 8 Jul 2004 5:16 pm

Bob, I had a post on here about a month ago, discussing this subject. I ended up buying a Lexicon MPX 110. It is easy to use and has rotary controls instead of the push buttons. I am totally happy with it. It also does flange and chorus. You can chain flange or chorus with the delays and reverbs.
I bought mine from www.musiciansfriend.com .
The cost was $199.99 . check it out.

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 8 Jul 2004 7:22 pm

I have used Boss and Digitech delay pedals as well as many rack units. If you are looking for only digital delay, try the Rocktron short timer. These are very inexpensive and sound great! This is the pedal I currenty use. I have seen them listed on ebay a couple of times, but here is a link to sameday music with the all the info and very inexpensive when you compare to other delay pedals. Just my opinion!
Dave
http://www.samedaymusic.com/prodsearch?form=prodsearch&q=rocktron+short+timer&submit.x=9&submit.y=7

Jerry Van Hoose · Post by **Jerry Van Hoose** » 8 Jul 2004 7:43 pm

Hi Bob, Boss makes an excellent digital delay, the DD3, DD5, & DD6 all sound good as well as the RV3 which is a digital delay-reverb combination. Peavey Profex II, Tubefex & Transtubefex are also excellent sources of delay. All of these can be routinely found for sale on The Forum. Have you considered using an analog delay? I use a Maxon AD9 analog delay with a Fender Twin Reverb as well as a Peavey Nashville 1000 and have found that it is a warm delay with repeats that decay more naturally. The Maxon AD9 is also extremely quite. Maxon was the company that originally manufactured effects under the Ibanez name. I found my Maxon AD9 at "Effects For less" on the internet.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Jerry Van Hoose on 08 July 2004 at 11:12 PM.]</p></FONT>

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 8 Jul 2004 8:30 pm

Love the DD-3. If I was buying a new one it would be the DD-5 since it has the "tap" feature to match the tempo of a given song.

carl

David Nugent · Post by **David Nugent** » 9 Jul 2004 4:46 am

Guyatone makes a neat little unit called the MD-3 micro delay. It is very compact, costs a little less than most stomp boxes, and sounds very good. I believe it was also rated best digital delay by Guitar Player magazine.

Susan Alcorn · Post by **Susan Alcorn** » 9 Jul 2004 5:20 am

Bob,

I know you asked for advice on digital delays, but, you might also want to consider an analog delay. I've tried many many digital delays including the modelling delays and the lexicons, and to my ear they all sound a little artificial (though very clean). Maxon makes a good good one.

Good luck on your search.

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 9 Jul 2004 5:38 am

Carl, my Lexicon MPX 110 also has the "tap" feature. You just tap a button twice The time between the taps= delay time. It can also be controlled through the midi input which an old country boy like me, never uses.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 9 Jul 2004 5:41 am

Dittos to what David said. I've been using a Guyatone Micro Delay for several years now. I love it. It isn't fancy, but works really well. It is so small, it will practically fit in your shirt pocket.

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Lee, from South Texas
Down On The Rio Grande

Bob Morgan · Post by **Bob Morgan** » 9 Jul 2004 11:58 am

Thanks everyone for the advice and for the help in finding the right delay unit. I sure appreciate all the help. I guess I should have said what kind of amp.'s I am using. I got two Nashville 400's. I don't know if this makes any difference or not. I guess I have got to make a decision now.
THANKS AGAIN
Bob

Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 9 Jul 2004 1:03 pm

Bob

For my Tele thru a Twin I have used a Memory Man for "Slap Back" for over 20 years and love it. (Analog)
For my steel I use a Alesis MicroVerb 4.

Let us know what you end up with.....

Bob Morgan · Post by **Bob Morgan** » 10 Jul 2004 11:40 am

Does anyone know is the Pro Fex II by Peavey a good unit.

T. C. Furlong · Post by **T. C. Furlong** » 12 Jul 2004 7:23 pm

I discovered the Danelectro Reel Echo and it is awesome if you like a retro Echoplex type echo. It costs about $150 and consider the accessory power supply because it eats batteries.

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 13 Jul 2004 5:16 am

I have a profexII. The reason I went to the Lexicon is (1)the profex was noisy when connected to the guitar input of my amp. (2)to change parameters in the profex i had to edit the programs. The Lexicon has knobs and is easier for me to change.
The profex is a wonderful machine though. It has some great sounds.
My profex is for sale. My Lexicon stays in my rack ............need I say more?

Joe Stewart · Post by **Joe Stewart** » 19 Jul 2004 10:48 pm

Bob,

Albeit expensive ($1600), one of the finest, cleanest, quietest, most versatile and user friendly digital delay units I've ever encountered is the TC-2290 (by TC Electronics).

This rack-mounted (stereo) unit is a combined "dynamic" digital delay and five-channel effects control processor (through which I run standalone compressor, reverb and chorus units). The 2290 is favored by many discerning "conventional" electric guitarists (e.g., Dave Gilmour = Pink Floyd, Mark Knopfler = Dire Straits, etc.) and is also found in many mainstream studios.

It provides for an exceedingly wide range of adjustments to everything from feedback, modulation and oscillation thresholds, sin/wave forms, decay times, independent gain and output functions, a multitude of presets and user banks, and push-button tempo.

I'm not sure that they're made anymore, but I know they pop-up "used" now and again for $750-1000. If interested, you can check it out at TC directly or on Harmony Central's web-site. I'd also be happy to give you further perspective on it. Their customer service needs some work, but this device is very robust, and bar none, it is the single most important piece of equipment in my signal chain.