MOTM

At 06:22 PM 04/19/2000 EDT, IvanCU@... wrote:
>It seems to me that analog lends itself more to voltage control, and 
>"continuous" control as compared to digital.  I've got an assortment of 
>delays, old and new, and still my favorite is the ADA STD-1 stereo tapped 
>analog delay.  It has CV ins and can do some great things...  I would love
to 
>see an updated version of this with more control.

Good choice.  I was about to answer the "what's so great about analog
delays?" query with the rhetorical question, "ever heard an STD-1 or
Echoplex?".  For all the great new FX that are coming out, either inspired
by or reissuing the great items of the past (there's even a tube Echoplex
reissue out there that has a street price of around $700 - about what
vintage units go for), there still aren't any (AFAIK) multi-tap delays out
there like the STD-1 or the WEM tape echo that had four playback heads for
multi-tap operation.  I don't think that either the MoogerFooger or Blacet
analog delays (neither of which are out yet) have that feature.

But despite the fact I prefer analog overall, I think there's definitely a
place for digital delays, too: when >300mS delay times are required, or
brighter, more "precise" reproduction is required, or for infinite looping,
etc.  I often like to use analog effects to make digital synths sound
"warmer", and digital effects to make analog synths sound "cleaner".  And
there are digital delays out there (Digitech RDS1900/3800/7.6, for
instance) that have CV inputs to control modulation rate.

Yeah, I'd love to see a delay module (analog OR digital) with multiple taps
and CV control over delay time, feedback, etc.

	-Doug
	 ceres@...