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Long Delay Times (Press and hold)
The Déjà Vu is capable of extremely long delay times (around 20 sec-
onds) and contains a stealth loop mode at the end of the Delay Time
knob’s travel. (Loop feature not available in Ratio mode) The Tap switch
is intelligent. It can differentiate between a short tap and a “press and
hold”. This serves two purposes: First, if you’d like a longer delay time
than the 2.6 seconds available on the delay time knob, simply press and
hold the tap switch for the desired amount of time. When you release
the tap switch, your new delay time will begin.
Loop Mode:
When in the loop mode, the Tap switch now becomes your “press and
hold” record button. Pressing the Tap switch immediately begins record-
ing your loop, and releasing the button starts the playback, which will
repeat infinitely and at unity gain. Use the Wet/Dry Blend knob to set the
balance between the loop and your live play over the top of the loop.
There are two ways to stop the loop: Simply tap in a new delay time,
and the unit will return to regular delay pedal behavior, or reach for
the Delay Time knob and make an adjustment. It will override the loop
mode and return to its normal delay time function.
Advanced loop features:
Remember the Bucket Brigade, Modulation, and Wet Loop are all avail-
able to the loop. While the loop is playing, you can experiment with
sweeping the sound from digital to analog, with and without modula-
tion. Using the Modulation control, you can actually add chorus, rotary
emulation, or vibrato to the loop simply by adjusting the Wet/Dry and
Modulation knobs. But you can also insert any effect (including a vol-
ume pedal) into the Wet Loop jack, and just like with delays you can add
any effect you wish to the loop. Imagine recording a loop, then deciding
to add distortion or a phaser or whatever to it later while you jam. This
is all possible with the Déjà Vu.
