Delay types
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Delay types
This section of the manual describes the delay
types you can access using the Delay type se-
lector.
2290
Once upon a time… (i.e., back in 1985) TC Elec-
tronic released the
2290 Dynamic Digital De-
lay.
It set the bar for professional delays for years
to come and is still held in high regard among
delay enthusiasts.
Use the “2290” setting for the crispest and clean
delay you can imagine. This is the standard.
AN – Analog delay
This is as close as you can get to the charming
nature of an old analog transistor bucket-brigade
delay without buying the real thing! With every
repeat you get more of that old-school “fade to
grey” vibe.
TP – Tape delay
Who doesn’t love the smooth sound of an old
tape echo machine?
The “Tape” setting makes for an overall great
starting point with its mellow and “warbling”
sound.
ER – Echorec*
Tweaked by ProGuitarShop
“In the mid 80’s, I was a teenager in high school,
and I had just discovered Pink Floyd. I remember
coming home from school every day for weeks
and sitting in my room and listening to
‘Dark Side
of the Moon’
on my gigantic Sony Walkman. I
barely knew how to play guitar back then, but
later on in life, when I was gigging in Portland, I
had the opportunity to pick up a Binson Echo-
rec*. I couldn’t resist the chance to have one of
those rare units that Gilmour had made famous.
After I had the Echorec for a few years, it began
to develop a very unique modulation that I fell in
love with. Typically, when you think of delay and
modulation, you think of a chorusing effect. My
unit developed more of a
vibrato
than a chorus.
On lower settings, it just added a very subtle 3D
effect, but if you would crank the volume (mix), it
would give you a nice warble, a slight Leslie type
effect. This is what we modeled the ER setting of
Alter Ego Delay after. You will notice this warble
at around 300 ms repeat times. It morphs into
some great swirling upper harmonics at higher
delay time settings.”
Aaron Miller, Founder of PGS
DMM – Deluxe Memory Man*
Tweaked by ProGuitarShop
“The other delay that fits into my all-time favor-
ites category is the Electro Harmonix Deluxe
Memory Man*. I have had one of the early mod-
els for years and it is a delay that I continue to
come back to. The DMM is a classic delay that
everyone is very familiar with. We aren’t the first
to model it, but I think we did a pretty darn good
job of capturing the original sound. We really fo-
cused on capturing the nuances of the echo and
mimicking the unique decay heard in its repeats.
The DMM setting is based upon my Memory
Man pedal.”
Aaron Miller, Founder of PGS
MOD – 2290 delay with modulation
Take the 2290’s pristine sound, send it through
three (!) chorus pedals…
et voilà.
If you’re into
the sound of The Edge, you don’t want to miss
this setting.
Oh, and while you’re at it, try playing around with
the SUBDIVISION SELECTOR Switch.
PP – Ping-pong delay
Like the ball in the eponymous game, the delay
repeats jump from left to right (provided you’re
using both outputs for a stereo signal). The ef-
fect is really wide. Ping-pong is a lot of fun to
play around with in stereo – but it sounds great
in mono, too.
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