ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? - Page 3

Robster · 08-29-2008, 01:12 PM

Here's my delay. Analog all the way, baby.

Rob

alligatorbling · 08-29-2008, 01:13 PM

You cant get more analog than my delay... I go outside and point my amp towards the mountains and get my echo that way. ( I have actually done this... its really cool!)

Joeydego · 08-29-2008, 01:16 PM

I have that carbon copy. Loads of fun! Turn the regen all the way up and mess with the delay time, a real show stopper!!!!

Pwozzie · 08-29-2008, 02:09 PM

Analog! I can't justify paying $700 more for a tape delay than I paid for a pedal.

lexluthier · 08-30-2008, 06:10 AM

I own/use all 3. Tape sounds cool! But most of those are old and need routine maintainence which ups the hassle factor (for me), but they have a sound you can't get from analog or digital. Analog bucket brigade delays have a nice warmth, but if you need super long delay times they don't get the job done, and sometimes the old analog units are really noisy. I dig the lo-fi vibe for certain things. Digital is what it is, more cold sounding, not as greasy as analog or tape, but you have a more flexibility. Lately they have been making digital units that sound more old school, like the new Space Echo.

antei · 10-14-2008, 02:48 PM

I have the HBE Mimic Mock 2 and it sounds awesome. Just have to worry about the clock sounds if you turn the repeat up too much.

st.bede · 10-15-2008, 12:45 AM

HBE Mimic Mock 2...I want to get one of those...

lifele55 · 10-15-2008, 02:24 AM

Just got this used the other day and have been loving the sounds I can get from this. Still finding my ways to apply the sounds to our songs..

Excellent pedal. Have always loved presets but I've heard alot of stories of the DL4 breaking down, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this lasts.

kingofnima · 10-16-2008, 08:24 PM

I use the carbon copy and love it!!! it sounds incredibly warm and beautiful!!!

drewbertca · 10-16-2008, 08:46 PM

my reel to reel tape recorder is my favorite delay

BOBBO · 10-17-2008, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robster

Here's my delay. Analog all the way, baby.

Rob

A thing of beauty Robster !!!!! .... Love to hear it in action !!!!!

Lampens · 10-24-2008, 11:43 AM

I was looking around for a delay pedal. Going back to pedals after buying a tube amp. Didn't want the digital stuff. Read good reviews on the mxr carbon copy. Saw the test on pro guitars shop on youtube. Wanted to a/b it with some other pedals but everywhere I went the mxr's were sold out. So today I did something I normally don't do with music equipment. I ordered it online. I figured, I liked the sound on the youtube demo. Has good reviews and they are selling like hotcakes. There must be something right with that pedal. Can't wait till it arrives.

FUS44 · 10-25-2008, 05:51 PM

why don't i repeat myself? duh?

996ttcab · 10-25-2008, 06:27 PM

Both.

gibbbbbbbaaaay!!! · 10-25-2008, 06:53 PM

Tape delay. It's got a very satisfying sound to my ears.

180gROC · 11-04-2008, 11:01 PM

I bought a Carbon Copy tonight. Haven't even't played it at home yet...

I went in to buy a DC Brick and a Boss tuner to finish out my first ever pedalboard (although I feel like I'm cheating cuz I just used the back cover of my 6 space rack and some velcro)

I was blown away in the store, I'm hoping I feel the same at home. To this point I've always used digital, and still will for things, so I voted both...

If the cool sounds hadn't got me, the cool green metal flake paint job mighta done it. That's marketing right there.

ISOgoldtone · 11-05-2008, 11:56 PM

I've only ever used a few different delays, so take this with a grain of salt I suppose!

My first experience w/a delay pedal was a couple of years ago when a buddy of mine lent me his Boss DD-6 to use. The sound was clean and clear when I used it to practice riffs and the like, but when I incorporated it in a band setting, it absolutely fell through. I can't even really describe it sufficiently, but it was almost like the actual delay itself was a lifeless replica of whatever I played. Needless to say, I gladly returned it and life went on.

Not too long after that my GAS got the best of me and I bought a Lexicon MX200 (IIRC) rack effects unit. It had a bunch of different delays, but much like the DD-6 I never got a sound that just made me say WOW! I ended up "donating" it to our main PA rig to add to our mixer's effects repertoire.

Well a month or so ago I decided to give the idea of putting yet another delay into my rig, but this time I picked the BBE Two Timer ANALOG delay (it won out over the MXR Carbon Copy) To make a long story short, I couldn't be any happier with it! Sure it doesn't have the "precision" of either of the other two units (aka tap tempo,) but the sound quality is markedly better. Unlike the Boss, it DOES have a wet-dry mix knob, which I've found to be very handy, and it also allows you to switch immediately between two different delay times (hence the name!) Even though it doesn't have the "bells and whistles" of the other two units, I'll definitely be keeping the two timer in my effects loop as long as I'm playing!

Lampens · 11-06-2008, 12:35 PM

Got the carbon copy yesterday. Real nice pedal. Sound is great. Lots of fun toying around with it. Got my voodoolabs pedal power 2 today. Tonight I'm gonna put my pedal board together.

MrBoZiffer · 11-10-2008, 04:58 PM

The Carbon Copy is really awesome. I've never been much of a delay guy, but I picked up a CC and have loved it. The modulation is pretty nice too.

riles6789 · 11-10-2008, 05:30 PM

line 6 dl-4 should be a category

BOBBO · 11-02-2009, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by riles6789

line 6 dl-4 should be a category

Well it is digital ... I tried the line 6 and thought it was garbage ...

Splattle101 · 11-02-2009, 08:47 PM

I rather like this old four-header:

Makes a mean preamp, too.

faded studio · 11-02-2009, 08:49 PM

I use a delta labs digital delay

Benguitar · 11-02-2009, 10:48 PM

I voted both..

Currently I'm using the digital delay in my Boss ME50 pedalboard, But hopefully I will switch over to an analog MXR Carbon Copy.

We all know what both of those pedals look like, So I won't bother posting them.

xsouldriverx · 11-02-2009, 11:38 PM

my first pic is digital, though analog has its place and has a real good sound to it too.

Willy · 11-03-2009, 11:11 AM

I got sucked into this "its got to be analog or its crap" hype. Started off with Visual Sound H20 and loved the echo side, thought that the BBE Two Timer may be better though because it is all anaolg, I think I'll take the lead from WildeStar and switch over to a BOSS DD6 or DD7.

I don't care for the looser analog signal. Give me some tight precision delay!

matthornet · 11-04-2009, 04:31 AM

digital.....coz its all i could afford

HellfireLP · 11-06-2009, 12:53 AM

I own and use the Maxon AD9, AD900, AD999, and the Boss DM2.......i like delay pedals...

marantz1300 · 11-06-2009, 05:56 AM

Analog,I use the cheap,plastic Arion SAD 1 all the time.

Jackyrhode · 11-06-2009, 11:10 AM

I had an analog deluxe memory man and swapped it out for a BOSS DD7. The analog setting on the digital gets tremendously close to the DMM.

View Poll Results: What delay do you prefer ??
Analog delay	60	46.15%
Digital delay	60	46.15%
Tape delay	17	13.08%
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08-29-2008, 01:12 PM	#61 (permalink)
Robster Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Westwood Hills, KS Posts: 942 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? Here's my delay. Analog all the way, baby. Rob __________________ Just between us, I think it's time for us to recognize The differences we sometimes fear to show. Just between us, I think it's time for us to realize The spaces in between Leave room for you and I to grow {Neil Peart}

08-29-2008, 01:13 PM	#62 (permalink)
alligatorbling Master Entertainter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Central VA Posts: 14,371 Thanks: 455 Thanked 549 Times in 121 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? You cant get more analog than my delay... I go outside and point my amp towards the mountains and get my echo that way. ( I have actually done this... its really cool!) __________________ "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti

08-29-2008, 02:09 PM	#64 (permalink)
Pwozzie Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 5,428 Thanks: 111 Thanked 30 Times in 20 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? Analog! I can't justify paying $700 more for a tape delay than I paid for a pedal. __________________ I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. - Thomas Jefferson

08-30-2008, 06:10 AM	#65 (permalink)
lexluthier V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: guitar dungeon Posts: 714 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I own/use all 3. Tape sounds cool! But most of those are old and need routine maintainence which ups the hassle factor (for me), but they have a sound you can't get from analog or digital. Analog bucket brigade delays have a nice warmth, but if you need super long delay times they don't get the job done, and sometimes the old analog units are really noisy. I dig the lo-fi vibe for certain things. Digital is what it is, more cold sounding, not as greasy as analog or tape, but you have a more flexibility. Lately they have been making digital units that sound more old school, like the new Space Echo. __________________

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10-14-2008, 02:48 PM	#66 (permalink)
antei Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 293 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I have the HBE Mimic Mock 2 and it sounds awesome. Just have to worry about the clock sounds if you turn the repeat up too much. __________________ When the levee breaks, mama you got to move.

10-15-2008, 12:45 AM	#67 (permalink)
st.bede V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fresno Ca Posts: 3,421 Thanks: 81 Thanked 35 Times in 20 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? HBE Mimic Mock 2...I want to get one of those... __________________ "to criticize without vision is to be complicitious with dominance" Carolyn Casey "Go easy and, if you can't go easy, go as easy as you can" Jennifer Stone.... (from KPFA Cover to Cover) the wings of inspiration come to each according to their own song-des sad but I have made an ass of myself lately....

10-15-2008, 02:24 AM	#68 (permalink)
lifele55 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reddot Singapore Posts: 2,341 Thanks: 53 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? Just got this used the other day and have been loving the sounds I can get from this. Still finding my ways to apply the sounds to our songs.. Excellent pedal. Have always loved presets but I've heard alot of stories of the DL4 breaking down, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this lasts. __________________ Ebony MIJ Epiphone Custom + Buncha Pedals. Laney LC15R www.youtube.com/psychotubes sis ♥ lin

10-16-2008, 08:24 PM	#69 (permalink)
kingofnima Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 276 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I use the carbon copy and love it!!! it sounds incredibly warm and beautiful!!! __________________ Guitars: 07 Epiphone Les Paul standard limited edition candy apple red (with a SD '59 in the neck and a SD custom 5 in the bridge) (RS Vintage electronics set)(jonesy caps) Ibanez GSA 60 Pedals: MXR 169 Carbon Copy analogue delay Big Muff NYC reissue Amp: Momentarily amp less and on the endless quest for the amp with THE sound

10-16-2008, 08:46 PM	#70 (permalink)
drewbertca V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Timmins, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,485 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? my reel to reel tape recorder is my favorite delay __________________ BFG Defender....The normal ones...Not the over priced "First 52 of Each" ones. THIS THREAD IS DEAD!

10-24-2008, 11:43 AM	#72 (permalink)
Lampens Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,358 Thanks: 21 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I was looking around for a delay pedal. Going back to pedals after buying a tube amp. Didn't want the digital stuff. Read good reviews on the mxr carbon copy. Saw the test on pro guitars shop on youtube. Wanted to a/b it with some other pedals but everywhere I went the mxr's were sold out. So today I did something I normally don't do with music equipment. I ordered it online. I figured, I liked the sound on the youtube demo. Has good reviews and they are selling like hotcakes. There must be something right with that pedal. Can't wait till it arrives.

10-25-2008, 05:51 PM	#73 (permalink)
FUS44 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 664 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? why don't i repeat myself? duh?

10-25-2008, 06:27 PM	#74 (permalink)
996ttcab Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 350 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? Both.

10-25-2008, 06:53 PM	#75 (permalink)
gibbbbbbbaaaay!!! Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Narth Caralina! Yee-haw! Posts: 5,461 Thanks: 97 Thanked 39 Times in 16 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? Tape delay. It's got a very satisfying sound to my ears. __________________ Remember Les Paul. RIP. My YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/MrGibbbbbbbaaaay

11-04-2008, 11:01 PM	#76 (permalink)
180gROC Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fair Oaks, Ca, Posts: 624 Thanks: 13 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I bought a Carbon Copy tonight. Haven't even't played it at home yet... I went in to buy a DC Brick and a Boss tuner to finish out my first ever pedalboard (although I feel like I'm cheating cuz I just used the back cover of my 6 space rack and some velcro) I was blown away in the store, I'm hoping I feel the same at home. To this point I've always used digital, and still will for things, so I voted both... If the cool sounds hadn't got me, the cool green metal flake paint job mighta done it. That's marketing right there. __________________ Questions about WB Custom Pickups can be sent to WBSupport@comcast.net

11-05-2008, 11:56 PM	#77 (permalink)
ISOgoldtone Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 144 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I've only ever used a few different delays, so take this with a grain of salt I suppose! My first experience w/a delay pedal was a couple of years ago when a buddy of mine lent me his Boss DD-6 to use. The sound was clean and clear when I used it to practice riffs and the like, but when I incorporated it in a band setting, it absolutely fell through. I can't even really describe it sufficiently, but it was almost like the actual delay itself was a lifeless replica of whatever I played. Needless to say, I gladly returned it and life went on. Not too long after that my GAS got the best of me and I bought a Lexicon MX200 (IIRC) rack effects unit. It had a bunch of different delays, but much like the DD-6 I never got a sound that just made me say WOW! I ended up "donating" it to our main PA rig to add to our mixer's effects repertoire. Well a month or so ago I decided to give the idea of putting yet another delay into my rig, but this time I picked the BBE Two Timer ANALOG delay (it won out over the MXR Carbon Copy) To make a long story short, I couldn't be any happier with it! Sure it doesn't have the "precision" of either of the other two units (aka tap tempo,) but the sound quality is markedly better. Unlike the Boss, it DOES have a wet-dry mix knob, which I've found to be very handy, and it also allows you to switch immediately between two different delay times (hence the name!) Even though it doesn't have the "bells and whistles" of the other two units, I'll definitely be keeping the two timer in my effects loop as long as I'm playing! __________________ MY GEAR: Guitars: 2004 Gibson Les Paul Standard Limited Edition 2000 Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster 1998 Takamine EG-332C Amp: Gibson GA-30RV Super Goldtone 1x12" 1x10" Combo Pedals: Petersen Strobostomp Tuner BBE Boosta Grande Clean Boost BBE Two Timer Delay Ernie Ball VP Jr. Volume Pedal (25k) BBE Supa-Charger Power Supply OneSpot *WTB (eventually):* Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phaser Fulltone OCD Gibson Power Stealth Power Attenuator Dunlop Crybaby

11-06-2008, 12:35 PM	#78 (permalink)
Lampens Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,358 Thanks: 21 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? Got the carbon copy yesterday. Real nice pedal. Sound is great. Lots of fun toying around with it. Got my voodoolabs pedal power 2 today. Tonight I'm gonna put my pedal board together.

11-10-2008, 04:58 PM	#79 (permalink)
MrBoZiffer Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? The Carbon Copy is really awesome. I've never been much of a delay guy, but I picked up a CC and have loved it. The modulation is pretty nice too.

11-10-2008, 05:30 PM	#80 (permalink)
riles6789 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 141 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? line 6 dl-4 should be a category

11-02-2009, 08:47 PM	#82 (permalink)
Splattle101 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 3,043 Thanks: 19 Thanked 98 Times in 17 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I rather like this old four-header: Makes a mean preamp, too. __________________ *...A tasty world...a very* tasty world...**

11-02-2009, 08:49 PM	#83 (permalink)
faded studio Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 693 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I use a delta labs digital delay

11-02-2009, 10:48 PM	#84 (permalink)
Benguitar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Swamp Posts: 497 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I voted both.. Currently I'm using the digital delay in my Boss ME50 pedalboard, But hopefully I will switch over to an analog MXR Carbon Copy. We all know what both of those pedals look like, So I won't bother posting them. __________________ God bless - Benjamin My YouTube

11-02-2009, 11:38 PM	#85 (permalink)
xsouldriverx Disciple-of-RobotOverlord Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NY Posts: 2,111 Thanks: 36 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? my first pic is digital, though analog has its place and has a real good sound to it too. __________________ 2005 Ibanez H.R. Giger Iceman VHT Deliverance 60

11-03-2009, 11:11 AM	#86 (permalink)
Willy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I got sucked into this "its got to be analog or its crap" hype. Started off with Visual Sound H20 and loved the echo side, thought that the BBE Two Timer may be better though because it is all anaolg, I think I'll take the lead from WildeStar and switch over to a BOSS DD6 or DD7. I don't care for the looser analog signal. Give me some tight precision delay!

11-04-2009, 04:31 AM	#87 (permalink)
matthornet Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: KL, Malaysia Posts: 353 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? digital.....coz its all i could afford __________________

11-06-2009, 12:53 AM	#88 (permalink)
HellfireLP Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 514 Thanks: 39 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I own and use the Maxon AD9, AD900, AD999, and the Boss DM2.......i like delay pedals...

11-06-2009, 05:56 AM	#89 (permalink)
marantz1300 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 151 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? Analog,I use the cheap,plastic Arion SAD 1 all the time.

11-06-2009, 11:10 AM	#90 (permalink)
Jackyrhode Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 87 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: ANALOG vs DIGITAL which delay do you play ? I had an analog deluxe memory man and swapped it out for a BOSS DD7. The analog setting on the digital gets tremendously close to the DMM.

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