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Introduction
Thank you for your purchase of Asheville Music Tool’s ADG-1 Analog
Delay. This pedal, engineered by renowned analog delay designer
Hawker
,
features two reissue Bucket Brigade Delay lines for up to 700mS of delay.
It is coupled with a Low Frequency Oscillator, and uses control voltage
topology to give you the best sound, features, and control available in any
fully analog delay currently on the market. We hope you enjoy many years
of use from your delay and find it as inspiring and fun to play as we have.
The ADG-1 is a marriage of vintage audio processing techniques and
advanced, high-tech electronics. It is designed using modern, quality
components for uncompromising sound, musical expression, features, and
reliability. We started with a high voltage 15V power supply powering a
pair of studio grade MN3005 BBDs, unlike the lower cost MN320x pedal
grade BBDs found in most stompboxes. We then added a special blend of
two tightly tuned 5
th
order anti-alias and reconstruction filters, VCA
feedback control, a unique 5 amp high current BBD driver, and an analog
clock with exponential modulation technology to obtain unprecedented
sound, richness, clean tails and true fractional delay in a compact footprint.
This is the first in what we hope to be a long line of time, phase and
frequency control voltage based modulation, and synthesizer heritage
inspired effects from
Hawker
. The ADG-1 is inspired by delay-based
effects that
Hawker
has previously designed for other companies and
builds on his experience and expertise.
A special thank you and mention is needed for two people:
Kelly Bowers,
my life partner, land-mate and co fur-parent for her love,
faith and dedication, and for pushing me to start designing products for
myself rather than others.
John Snyder
, from Electronic Audio Experiments, for his friendship,
collaboration and help in bringing this pedal to market. His experience,
patient advice, handholding and support were what made this possible. I
could not have done it without him.
