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Klowra's Rilum Stereo Multi-Head Tape style Delay, Chorus, Flanger, and Vibrato delivers an incredible array of Delay and Modulation Effects - Vintage, Modern, and Otherworldly
This is such a smart pedal - it took me a while to figure out all the controls and their impact - but it’s mostly second nature now. I had to do a lot of experimentation for it all to slot into place for me. Klowra’s Jinbo was very helpful in getting me to understand the interplay between the main variable playback head - and the further fixed relative playback heads - which you can dial in and out of action or accentuate - by using the [Spawn], Heads Volume, [Groove] and [Sum-Invert] ...
Hungry Robot reissues the Moby Dick Multihead Stereo Tape style Delay, now in expanded V3 edition
We now have a brand new fuller featured 3rd edition of the Moby Dick Multihead Tape Style Delay. The V1 had 5 controls on a 1590BB enclosure, then we had a shrunk down Compact V2 125B unit - also with 5 controls. And now the new V3 has 8 controls and full stereo ins and outs.
Original V1 Controls - Time, Mix, Subdivision : Quarter / Eighth / Dotted Eighth, Repeats, Modulation, Tap Tempo Footswitch, Bypass Footswitch.
V3 Controls - Multihead : < Dotted Eighth | Off | Quarter Triplets >, ...
T-Rex creates the ultimate Analog Studio Delay - the Binson Sterephonica Drum Delay
T-Rex does it again! This time stereo-fying the Binson Echorec - for the greatest ever analog Tape-style / Magnetic Delay.
It has the full range of features that I would have included had I designed this myself - with 4 selectable Record / Playback Heads and the full complement of controls and connections you need for maximum impact.
This is every way a perfect execution - possibly bar its size and price. For this level of technical achievement $3 Grand seems about right - while that ...
Ibanez's new LD303 Layer Delayer uniquely combines Sixteenth and Triplet sort of multi-head delays with variable repeats levels
This is a really cool and unique delay - somewhat reminiscent of the Andy Timmons’ Halo Echo - as both use a combination of 2 different time signatures delays!
The control topology works a little like a Multi-Head Delay - where it combines 16th Notes (in Quarters) with Triplets.
You essentially set the level on each repeat / beat - where you have 1-3 LED indicators to indicate strength of each of those.
And by deploying those in different combination - you can achieve some really ...
2025 Best New Delay and Reverb Pedals of the Year
In many ways this is the most straightforward category with singular award nominees - GOLD, SILVER and BRONZE.
It’s the second smallest category after Distortions - and the one where I own the least number of pedals in proportion to the whole - just 10 out of these 26.
The order pretty much set itself - with the Cornerstone Nucleo being the clear winner from the start. I’m so impressed with every aspect of that pedal - it’s a perfect Trifecta of Design, Feaures and Playability - pretty ...
Catalinbread updates its Belle Epoch Tape Echo - now in Plus Edition with 3 Programs onboard and Tap-Tempo on the one footswitch
Catalinbread has made its 80ms-800ms Belle Epoch more potent and more versatile. It has an additional 3-way Program Toggle-switch, and you can now use the Footswitch for Tap Tempo - similar to the Boss way of doing that.
Catalinbread’s Belle Epoch is one of the best known compact takes of the Echoplex EP-3 and has long been an essential delay for many players - obviously with Mono output - so not as useful for my own rig - but fabulous for Mono rigs.
Old Controls - Echo Sustain, ...
The Colortone VibroVerb and ZeroSum get the final tiny tweaks that they need - now with Smarter Preset Switching and slightly Brighter Tone Profile
So when I first reviewed these two superb specimens from Colortone Pedals I advocated for Smarter Preset Switching - via a combined press on the two footswitches - as several pedals do - and AD has now programmed that to perfection - so you can scroll through the presets with the 2 footswitches - changing things up wholly on-the-fly - for a much more dynamic live performance.
I also noted that the output could at times be somewhat dense and intense - and could do with Lightening Up and ...
Colortone Pedals rolls out to further dealers in Europe including now at Joe's Pedals in the UK, and Effekt Boutique in Germany
All the new dealers - including Joe’s Pedals and Effekt Boutique will feature the two most recent Colortone Pedals - the Vibroverb (£219 / €289), and ZeroSum (£219 / €289), while some - like Joe’s Pedals will also have the Lo-Fi Delay (£239) and Spring Reverb II (€179).
All 4 of those pedals sound every bit as good as they look!
Northern Stomps’ new website is due to go live on this coming Friday (31st) - with those Colortone Pedals featured for launch.
There’s a few more dealers ...
18 Months of development has delivered Beetronics' first Smart Multi-Mode Bee Bee Dee Analog Modulated Delay - with Classic, Pitch-Shifted, and Lo-Fi Tape style Modes onboard
A number of Analog and Analog style Delays have recently crossed my path - so there’s evidently a trend happening! I featured the HSE SeaWolf back in March, the Colortone ZeroSum in August, and then the Black Mountain Roto Echo, Anasounds Utopia MK2, Tru-Fi Aqua Echo, PastFX Echo 600, and now this Beetronics Bee Bee Dee all in September!
Beetronics’ Filipe always does things slightly differently, and his Bee Bee Dee Delay is very distinct - with a little bit of Chase Bliss style magic ...
Tru-Fi's Aqua Analog Echo 600 is an incredibly warm and lush MN3005 BBD Delay with Mods, Wow and Flutter
So I’m way late on this one - mostly a by-product of how busy I am - I can’t keep my eye on every single pedal company simultaneously - so inevitable the occasional release falls through the cracks. I was also in part waiting for this one to come into stock at Joe’s Pedals - but I clocked it too late - and the small quantity Joe had - sold almost immediately. I did sleep on this in part too - as I had only just received the Black Mountain Roto Echo, and the Echo 600 from PastFX has also just ...
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