![]() Traditional spring sounds can of course be accessed, but thanks to the pedal’s unique sensing methods – optical sensing alongside physical transducer sensing – things can get weird very quickly. Luckily Gamechanger Audio has again lived up to its name and achieved an impressive technical feat. In fact, there are only two bonafide spring reverbs on this list, and for good reason – spring tanks are large, unwieldy, expensive, and for the sonically adventurous their sound can be a little limiting. I have friends who have used them with great results.Real springs are rare in reverb pedals. The Dulop Echoplex box is one I haven't tried but I'm very curious about. Straightforward and very, very good sound. I've also been using an MXR Carbon Copy on gigs for almost a decade. Here's a demo video I did with it on saxophone. If you want some REALLY gnarly mod capabilities, the EarthQuaker Space Spiral sounds great and can go from subtle to quite weird. I think the chorusy modulation and high-end-rolloff tone capabilities on that pedal sound really, really good, and it's not too expensive. My favorite right now is the Way Huge Echo-Puss, and that has some awesome tone-shaping controls so you can dial in what you like. Dunlop is actually cranking out some really awesome sounding analog delay boxes under their various brands for pretty reasonable prices. Strymon is very deservedly getting a lot of love, and those pedals are great, but expensive. There are lots of phenomenal delay pedals out there these days, and that makes me very happy because I'm a junkie for gooey, moddy delay sounds. I picked up an Apollo interface and I find the plugins sound amazing so far. I’m not sure if this counts to people as hardware or software, but I’ll also probably buy the EP-34 plugin for UAD2. Loads of character and it sounds really amazing to me. Not a tape delay emulation, but based on the Binson drum delay. Their Dub Station 2 software is better for that type of dub delay, but it’s more of a bbd emulation, I think. More of a tape style looper (though you can make it a pure digital one as well) It isn’t really what I’d go to for dub delays, but the thing it does with the ability to run the play head at different speeds (including backwards) from the play head, it deserves a mention. ![]() Maybe not the best tape emulation, but pretty good, and it does a fun trick where you can play the delay time via MIDI notes. It doesn’t do the dark preamp thing, but no matter, this is the real deal.Īugustusloop. I combination of both analog and digital style emulations, and they all sound amazing. ![]() Not only does it do a great tape imitation, but it also emulates the way the preamp gets overdriven and even with the delay turned off it still does a great job of warming up a digital signal. For those interested, here’s the ones I like best. I came really close to getting one, but when I found that the sound-on-sound mode didn’t sync to MIDI clock like the delays did, I passed on it and bought a few plugins. If I did, I’m sure I’d have a Strymon Volante. The quality is as good as anything I’ve heard in a digital hardware effect and offers features that just work a lot better in my studio. I decided a while ago that ITB solutions work best for me. I especially love the tape loop stuff Brian Eno did with Robert Fripp. Well, not an actual tape delay, but I do love the sound of a tape delay, as it’s been featured on many classic albums. I’m a bit of a delay junky, but never a tape delay. I’ve had lots of other delays along the way. I’ll start off as saying that I’ve never owned a tape delay.
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