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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
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Number of topics:2852
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742.0. "DigiTech Delay Info Wanted" by AQUA::ROST (You're on a subliminal trip to nowhere) Wed Apr 01 1987 14:03

I am  looking for some information on the DigiTech digital delay made by DOD
Electronics. For  around  two years they have been making a 2-second digital
delay  foot  pedal  and  recently  augmented that with a delay/sampler and a
"MultiPlay"  which  adds  modulation  for  flanging,  chorus,etc. So far, no
dealer  I've  talked  to  has gotten the MultiPlay model in despite the fact
that its been advertised for months.

Anyway, I'm  curious  if  anyone has used the other DigiTech pedals and what
they think of them relative to :

	1. Noise

	2. Battery Drain....how long will it run, how easy is it to use AC

	3. Reliability

	4. Quality of the Sound

Please don't  reply  here  if  you  want  to talk about other delays or foot
pedals otherwise this note will get huge real fast.

I suppose  I  should say that I want it for live use first and will probably
also use it at home for recording; live is the priority.
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742.1Good for the moneyNIMBUS::DAVISWed Apr 01 1987 17:1516
    I've had the 1 second Digitech for a while now and have been quite
    happy with it. My one complaint is that the regen doesn't go as
    long as I would like, not bad just not enough to suit my taste.
    Sound quality is good to my ears, but that's very subjective. I
    use it on a guitar not as a recording effect. Good value for the
    cost. AC power is a must, batteries last about 2 hours.
    
    My friend recently got the Multiplay you mentioned, but had to return
    it because the input levels were much too sensitive. Very bad
    distortion when he tried to use it on his old ARP piano. It wasn't
    too bad on guitar or his ESQ-1, but still a little sensitive. Unlike
    the 1 second delay it had no level controls for in and out. Too
    bad, because we really liked the sound and capabilities overall.
                                                                
    Rob
742.2Okay for low-budget useEMERLD::DUBEThu Apr 02 1987 08:3212
    I *used* to own the 1-second Digitech Delay. I guess it's okay for
    the reasonable price, but I had a lot of problems with it. I found
    it to be extremely noisy, and the quality of the delayed signal
    in comparison to the source signal was somewhere between fair and
    poor. I found myself wishing that I had spent the extra money and
    bought a higher-quality rackmount unit.
    
    Oh, yeah, and I'd recommend AC power, also. Otherwise, the unit
    lasts about one gig.
    
    -Dan
742.3REGENT::SCHMIEDERMon Apr 06 1987 15:2522
I've owned both the one-second and two-second editions of the Digitech 
delay/sampler pedals.  When the one-second pedal gave up the ghost due to 
faulty internal wiring, I used the full credit towards the two-second delay 
with sampler.  Both were very clean for a foot pedal, and bandwidth was better 
than for the BOSS series, but I ultimately felt I needed better sonic quality 
and went for the Korg SDD-2000 rackmount.

In some ways, I regret the decision, since the Digitech was very easy to use 
in real-time, but mostly I've just been too busy to really program ideal 
settings for the Korg, which only has one incremental knob for all settings 
and functions and therefore requires much up-front time to program.

For the money, I feel that rackmounts have gone down in price enough that foot 
pedals are no longer a good buy, except for specialty items like Wah-Wahs, 
distortion, volume pedals, etc.

You should be able to find the one-second delay for around $100 and the 
two-second delay for around $150, ballpark figures, at LaSalle or maybe one of 
the other stores.  List price is much higher.


				Mark