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Analog vs digital delay?
Analog vs digital delay?
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Harp boy in progress
51 posts
Jan 02, 2011
7:17 AM
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Which pedal is your favourite?
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Nick Moore
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MP
1212 posts
Jan 02, 2011
9:52 PM
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--analog. bump!------
MP
hibachi cook for the yakuza
doctor of semiotics
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5F6H
458 posts
Jan 03, 2011
5:46 AM
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Harp boy, the 2 perameters that you raise are not really relevant. Some delays sound good, some don't, some are analog, some (well most) are digital. There is no hard & fast rule that one type sounds better than the other. For most folks the important thing will be how much signal is eaten up by the pedal & how much the pedal drops you in the on-stage mix. A good delay for recording & practice may not be the best thing for stage work, & vice versa.
My favourites are DD3 & Lone Wolf for live playing, Yamaha DG stomp & Watkins Copycat (tape delay, tube or SS) for recording/practice. Though, I have used the DD3 as a delay effect in the studio, usually with a reverb to stop the notes sounding short/clipped/phasey (rarely an issue on stage).
To determine how much signal is affected by your pedal, you need to play into the amp without the pedal, then again with the pedal in-line. Simply turning the pedal on & off won't do it, claims of "true bypass" are usually exagerrated. Again, taste plays a part, if your amp sounds bright & harsh, then a softer pedal might work for you, if your amp sounds great without a delay then a pedal that has little effect on the dynamics & just adds "wet" (as much as possible) may be best?
I always laugh when I hear, "It's digital, but is made to sound analog"...if it's digital, it's digital. If you throw a dog in a river, it doesn't become a crocodile, it's still a dog...just a wet dog.
Last Edited by on Jan 03, 2011 5:47 AM
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Kingley
1405 posts
Jan 03, 2011
5:52 AM
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"If you throw a dog in a river, it doesn't become a crocodile, it's still a dog...just a wet dog."
Hahaha! I'm gonna have to nick that one Mark, it's pure quality. :-)
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MP
1213 posts
Jan 03, 2011
11:58 AM
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--okay, digital. well just kidding.
the pedals that I like just happen to be analog. i've no experience with digital. i was just bumping your post so you'd get a response.
i have to admit that the question is rather broad.
a better question would be, 'is this particular digital delay superior to this particular analog delay for the particular application i have in mind?'
amps will respond differently with different pedals etc,,--------
MP
hibachi cook for the yakuza
doctor of semiotics
superhero emeritus
Last Edited by on Jan 03, 2011 11:58 AM
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