The New Age of Delay Effects Pedals
This month will see the launch of two new pedals that will raise the standard of stompboxes in the marketplace. As technology advances, so do the metal effects boxes that litter all music stages, rehearsal rooms and bedrooms. These new pedals are the Eventide Timefactor and TC Electronic ND-1 Nova Delay.
These two pedals will be the first of many new effects that aim to bring "studio-quality" sound to the live mix. Both of these units have taken off from the ever popular Line 6 DL4 and Boss DD-20 and have brought the idea into the 21st century.
_______________________________________________
Eventide has established a great reputation thanks to their impressive rack units. They aim to bring that same quality to their stompboxes. Introduced at this year's Winter NAMM, the Eventide Timefactor is now available in stores in the US. Features include:
- Two independent 3-second Delays
- Studio quality sound
- Instant Program change
- Real-time control with 10 knobs, MIDI or expression pedal
- Tap Tempo and MIDI Clocksync
- 27 User Presets, unimited through MIDI
- True Analog Bypass
- Rugged cast metal construction
- 12-second Looper
- Metal footswitches for Instant Preset access
- Mono or Stereo operation
- Gutter or Line Level Inputs and Outputs
Here is a video demo from GearWire showing some features from WNAMM:
As seen in the demo, Eventide will also be releasing the Modfactor after the launch of the delay pedal.
_______________________________________________
TC Electronic have established their reputation in the effects realm with their many releases over the years (including the TC 2290 Dynamic Digital Delay). They too have brought the technology forward with the release of the ND-1 Nova Delay. The Nova Delay was previewed at the expo Musikmesse Frankfurt, Germany in March this year.The ND-1 also boasts "uncompromised studio quality digital effects in a compact floor-based design". Although not as large as the Timefactor, the pedal contains many features for every delay enthusiast. These include:
- 6 studio quality digital delay types
- Two switchable settings: manual and preset
- 9 user programmable presets
- Up to 2290 ms delay time
- Audio Tapping™ – audio-generated tap tempo
- Modulated delay
- Delay spillover
The 6 different delay types are; Delay line, Dynamic, Reverse, Ping-pong, Pan, Slap-back, with an option of modulation (light, medium and heavy) able to be applied to all settings. Also, each of these types can be modified with a delay style – a unique feature of ND-1 Nova Delay that allows you to mix and match your delay type and style infinitely.
Click here for a link to a video demo of the ND-1 from Musikmesse:
The NR-1 Nova Reverb is also highly anticipated as it is an effect pedal whose quality and innovation has been neglected by many of the big pedal designers.
Updates will follow once some sound clips and reviews become available.
C.
